PARIS (Reuters) - A fourth French soldier was killed on Wednesday in the eight-week-old war against Islamist rebels in Mali's rugged northern desert, Paris said.
The soldier, a sergeant from the 68th African artillery regiment, was killed during an operation around 100 km (60 miles) from the eastern town of Gao, President Francois Hollande's office said in a statement.
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