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Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa
By Tim Lister, Avery Schmitz and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand and rocks. Off camera, the pop of …