A suicide bomber has struck in Mali.<br /><br />A Malian officer says the attacker approached<br />troops on a motorbike close to the northern town of Gao before detonating an explosive belt. One soldier was injured.<br /><br />It's thought to be the first incident of its kind since France began a counteroffensive last month, against an insurgency by Islamist militants.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/