Malian President Plays Down UN Atrocities Accusations

Mali's interim President Dioncounda Traoré played down a UN report's charges that his country's troops had carried out reprisals against some ethnic groups during the French-led offensive in the north.

"I am not aware of so many abuses," Traoré said during a visit to the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on Tuesday.

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