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       French President Francois Hollande goes To Mali
      Aaron
      Cej #4
      world
           On February 2nd the french president met with Mali's president in Mali.  They did this after defeating Al-Qaeda troops in Timbuktu.  He visited Timbuktu's library of ancient manuscripts.  People were cheering for the french president.  They held up french flags.  France retook three major northern cities.  The french president said he was going to lessen the ground troops to allow the African forces to fight.  He also said "The mission is not over but once the operation was finished, the French would leave because our African friends will be able to carry on doing the job that we have done until now." Around 800 French forces took part in the effort to free Timbuktu.
                  I felt that this was a great story to use because it really tells what is going on in that part of the world.  It also tells of how the world just can and can't get along both pulling the world apart and pushing it together the only problem with that is that the world will either implode or explode if any major change is introduced. That could possible lead to a third world war.