MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).

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 Malian army withdraws from key Tessalit military camp: sources Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered Camp Tessalit, a strategic military post in the north, multiple sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. An official from the Tuareg-led separatist group claimed soldiers and mercenaries at the camp had "surrendered", following a fierce fight over the weekend. Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to Al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters ​from different groups with different goals were able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, as gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Defence minister Sadio Camara was killed at his residence in Kati, a garrison town near the capital, Bamako, following the fierce weekend fighting...

A CHINESE ARTIST,WEARS HIS RIBS AS NECKLACE?.

When somebody asked artist He Yunchang to show them his body of work, he took the request rather literally                                                          Yunchang,films himself having rib removed without anaesthetic and wears it as a necklace.In order to perform the operation,held under the supervision of a doctor,he cut a metre long gash from his neck to the his thigh,and filmed it on a camera.He underwent the entire procedure without any form of anaesthetic.According to Yunchang,online people vote was under the guise of a democratic process to decide whether he was going to perform his work or not.The result was 12 votes in favour of the work and ten against,with three abstentions.That's was when the gruesome procedure began.More photos below.             Body of work: In order to perform the operation, He Yunchang performed under the supervision of a doctor, he cut a metre-long gash, from his neck to his thigh, and filmed it on a cameraBody tension: He said the work, called 'One Meter Democracy' was intended to highlight the 'tension between the individual and the state' in ChinaPublic vote: He named the work 'One-Meter Democracy' after cutting a metre from his neck to his thigh after asking 25 people in the room to vote on whether he should do it or notStrong art: Born in 1967, He is now one of China's leading performance artists, known for performances designed to test his strength and endurance

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