Senegal's French coach tried hard to sound pleased with his side's performance.

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Diack, a former French long jump champion from Senegal, went on to point out the fact the US lacks a single venue capable of hosting an IAAF world championships.

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Maturin Sadio, a 32-year-old priest from Senegal who plays with the French team.

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Last year, Senegal's voters ousted President Abdoulaye Wade, a French-educated democrat, married to a French woman, in favor of Macky Sall, a 51-year old oil geologist who owns a house in Houston and speaks English with a Texas drawl.

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Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo, Senegal and Benin are also among the countries that have pledged to send troops, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters Monday.

CNN: January 16, 2013 -- Updated 1835 GMT (0235 HKT)