The Associated Press: Mali coup leader says ex-president 'is safe'
"The scene in this normally serene capital was unsettling
to those proud of Mali's history as one of the few mature
democracies in the region. Soldiers smelling of alcohol
ripped flat-screen TVs, computer monitors, printers and
photocopiers out of the presidential palace, carting them
off in plain sight. Others in pickup trucks zoomed across
the broad avenues, holding beer bottles in one hand and
firing automatic weapons with the other."
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