AU Approves $50 Million for Mali Peacekeeping
 

 Heads of state meeting at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa have approved funding for an African military intervention in Mali. While security is at the top of the agenda at the summit, a side-line deal to boost peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo unexpectedly fell through. ( more-VOA)
Ethiopian Wins at 2 Miles in Boston
Tirunesh Dibaba won the women’s two-mile run at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, and Mary Cain of Bronxville, N.Y., set a record for high schoolers and finished third. Dibaba, a three-time Olympic gold medalist from Ethiopia, came in at 9:13.17, and Cain finished in 9:38.68. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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