DAKAR, Senegal - Senegal's president said Sunday the West Africancountry was reclaiming three French military bases to mark its 50thyear of independence from France. In Paris, however, officials saidthe bases' future was still under discussion.
President Abdoulaye Wade announced that the government wouldretake the bases that house some 1,200 troops, effectiveimmediately. He said the handover would mark the final step inSenegal's separation from its former colonial master. Senegal gainedindependence from France in …
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