French and Malian forces repelled a complex assault at a Timbuktu airport, killing 10 of 30 militants; the assault also involved a suicide bombing at a checkpoint that killed a Malian soldier as well as the bomber. French president Hollande said the sovereignty of "almost the entire territory" of Mali would be restored in "a few days." The French prime minister recently said French troops would start pulling out of Mali "as of the end of April."
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