Leader of al-Qaida N. African branch dies in car

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A spokesman for a radical Islamic group in northern Mali has confirmed that a leader of al-Qaida's North African branch was killed in a car crash. Sanda Abou Mohamed, a spokesman for Ansar Dine, which seized control of cities in northern Mali in April, says that Nabil Makhloufi, known by his alias Nabil Alqama, was killed in the accide...