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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Tuareg-led separatist rebels announced the end of their fight to create an "Azawad" state on the edge of the Sahara on Thursday after sweeping across northern Mali during a political crisis after a coup. The ceasefire came ahead of a meeting of army chiefs from West Africa's ECOWAS bloc, which will try and hammer out a plan for military intervention in Mali, which experts fear has become a security vacuum for al Qaeda cells and smugglers to exploit. ...More...