News: World Mali's president asks France for help to counter extremists and terrorist groups moving south January 10, 2013 | Modified: January 10, 2013 at 9:17 pm Leave a comment UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mali's president asks France for help to counter extremists and terrorist groups moving south . Sign Up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! Please enter your email address below to begin receiving the Daily E-dition newsletter. You must enter a valid email address in the field above! Thank you for signing up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! You should receive your first newsletter very soon. We're sorry, there was an error processing your newsletter signup. Please click here to visit our Newsletter Signup Center to register for this newsletter.