UPDATE 2-Mali separatists announce withdrawal from strategic northern town

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* Tuareg-led group and al Qaeda-linked militants seized Kidal in April * Army backed by Russian fighters launched operation this week to take it back * Control of Kidal is 'symbolic', not 'decisive'

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