A youth squats inside a burned out car in Bangui, Central African Republic, Dec. 10. French troops in Bangui manned checkpoints in the capital and searched for weapons in an operation to disarm rival Muslim and Christian fighters responsible for hundreds of killings since early December. (CNS photo/Emmanuel Braun, Reuters) (Dec. 10, 2013) See BANGUI-FIGHTI NG Dec. 5, 2013.