Mali arrests two in connection with Ivory Coast al Qaeda attack

Authorities in Mali have arrested two men believed to be linked to an al Qaeda attack on a beach resort town in neighbouring Ivory Coast that killed 19 people earlier this month, military officials said on Sunday. Gunmen shot swimmers and sunbathers before storming into several hotels in the town of Grand Bassam, 40 km (25 miles) from the commercial capital, Abidjan, on March 13. "The information concerning the arrests of two suspects in the north of Mali is true," said Lieutenant-Colonel Modibo