Dioncounda Traore, Mali's newly sworn in president, threatened Tuareg rebels with "a total and relentless war" if they do not surrender territory in the north. Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria are rumored to have joined al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb forces in the city of Gao.
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