BAMAKO, Mali — Drunk soldiers looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa.
Location of Mali's president unknown after coup
Thursday, March 22, 2012 | 9:09 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:58 p.m. CDT, Thursday, March 22, 2012
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