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A Malian police officer stands on the roadside as a convoy of French army soldiers leave Bamako and start a deployment to the north of Mali as part of the “Serval” operations on January 15, 2013 . France is using air and ground power in a joint offensive with Malian soldiers launched on January 11 against hardline Islamist groups controlling northern Mali. AFP PHOTO /ISSOUF SANOGO