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BAMAKO (Reuters) - Soldiers from Mali's presidential guard unit, loyal to the country's ousted president, battled junta forces on Monday in an effort to wrest back control of parts of the capital Bamako after a coup, witnesses and a junta official said. Heavy gunfire broke out near a key bridge and around the state broadcaster, witnesses said. Fighting later subsided around the bridge and members of the red beret presidential unit were seen leaving the area. "They left the bridge after a firefight and they are now moving in the direction of the airport," a witness said. ...More...