Soldiers arrest Mali PM, force him to quit
BAMAKO, Mali -- Soldiers arrested Prime Minister Cheikh Modibo Diarra and forced him to resign Tuesday.
The ouster of Diarra comes as the UN was considering backing a military intervention in Mali, now in constant turmoil.
Diarra, 60, a NASA astrophysicist, has contributed to numerous space exploration missions, including the Magellan probe to Venus and the Galileo spacecraft to Jupiter.
He was under house arrest, a junta spokesman said. The government was technically under the control of interim president Dioncounda Traore. -- AP
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