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U.N. Mali mission to resume flights suspended because of sanctions

FILE PHOTO: UN peacekeepers from Senegal patrol the streets of Bamako, Mali, August 22, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney/File Photo

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali said on Thursday it would resume regular flights after they were grounded over the weekend because of regional sanctions.

West Africa's main political and economic bloc levied broad sanctions against Mali earlier this month after its military-led interim government announced plans to postpone a planned February election by nearly four years.

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