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Mauritania arrests three suspected Islamists: authorities
Topix - Friday, January 18, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The noose is tightening around suspects close" Police in Mauritania have arrested three suspected Islamists this week, including an alleged Al Qaeda member that Saudi authorities have been hunting for nearly three years, officials said Friday. via The Tocqueville Connection ... more
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Mauritanian Refugees Go Home Within Weeks With UN Help
allAfrica.com - Friday, January 18, 2008
ome 24,000 Mauritanians, who fled to Senegal nearly two decades ago after a long-standing border dispute escalated into ethnic violence, are set to start returning home within weeks under a United Nations-backed voluntary repatriation ... more
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A camel caravan strolls along sand dunes of the Sahara near Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Topix - Friday, January 18, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"You and I, we are sons of Adam. Salaam" The Rev Peter Owen Jones completes his trilogy of televised searches for the soul of religion, this time in Egypt Peter Owen Jones There's a lot of empty space in Egypt. via Times Online ... more
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U.S. to help Mauritania confront al Qaeda threat
Topix - Wednesday, January 16, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"If the Mauritanian government says it needs help in this capacity, you will probably see a receptive attitude from most of the West" U.S. marines will train Mauritania's military in counter-insurgency tactics this month as the Islamic state straddling the Sahara confronts what diplomats see as... more
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Bissau extradites al Qaeda suspects to Mauritania
Topix - Sunday, January 13, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Guinea-Bissau will pay for what it has done" Guinea-Bissau extradited five suspected members of al Qaeda to Mauritania on Saturday, a day after they were arrested in connection with the killing of four French tourists in Mauritania on Christmas Eve. via Reuters UK ... more
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Country profile: Mauritania
Topix - Saturday, January 12, 2008
p> One of Africa's newest oil producers, Mauritania bridges the Arab Maghreb and western sub-Saharan Africa. via BBC ... more
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Mauritanians arrested in tourist deaths
Topix - Friday, January 11, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"From a legal standpoint, they are still innocent. ... But really, all the leads we are pursuing indicate that these are the key players in the deaths of the four French tourists." Two Mauritanians suspected of involvement in the killings of four French tourists were arrested... more
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Two held over Mauritania killings
Topix - Friday, January 11, 2008
p> Authorities in Guinea-Bissau have arrested two people over the shooting of four French tourists in Mauritania. via BBC ... more
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Aid Continues Despite Insecurity
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, January 09, 2008
id operations in Mauritania are able to continue despite heightened concerns about the threat posed by terrorists associated with al ... more
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Heightened Insecurity Not Hindering Aid Operations
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, January 08, 2008
id operations in Mauritania are able to continue despite heightened concerns about the threat posed by terrorists associated with al ... more
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Mauritania detains 9 people suspected of helping gunmen in French tourists' deaths
Topix - Monday, January 07, 2008
p> NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania : Authorities arrested nine people, including a man convicted of terror links, on suspicion of helping a group of men who gunned down a French family last month, justice officials said ... via International Herald Tribune ... more
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9 arrested in Mauritania in deaths of French tourists
Topix - Monday, January 07, 2008
p> Nine people have been arrested on suspicion of complicity with the men who killed four French tourists last month, Mauritanian officials said Monday. via PR-inside.com ... more
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Society
Topix - Sunday, January 06, 2008
p> A man suspected of as sassinating Dino Samsidine Nema Aidara, a special representative of the Senegalese president for peace in Casamance, was on Monday remanded in custody in Ziguinchor, the capital of ... via Panapress ... more
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Society
Topix - Friday, January 04, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Nigeria must tackle impediments to development" The US has insisted that the three Nigerian airlines designated to fly directly to the US must use American-registered planes, pending the successful certification of the African country as a category A nation, ... via Panapress ... more
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Mauritanian car salesman arrested over French tourist murders
Topix - Wednesday, January 02, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The salesman was arrested on Sunday" Mauritanian police have arrested a man who sold a car to the suspected killers of four French tourists and placed him in custody with eight other suspects, an investigator said Wednesday. via The Tocqueville Connection ... more
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On the Front: 'Security is good, but we need jobs'
Topix - Tuesday, January 01, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"The people say security is good now, but we need jobs. It's all about jobs, and we have to create them" A top U.S. commander warned Tuesday that Sunnis who fight al-Qaida in Iraq must be rewarded and recognized as legitimate members of Iraqi society --... more
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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania Terrorists sought in deaths
Topix - Monday, December 31, 2007
p> Mauritanian prosecutors on Tuesday called the brutal slaying of four French tourists a terrorist act and said security forces were hunting three men suspected of links to a regional al-Qaida terror network. via The Press Democrat ... more
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Tourists' murder 'well planned'
Topix - Sunday, December 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"All the elements lead one to think it was a premeditated act and apparently well prepared, with collaborators in Aleg who were tasked to assure the protection and organise the flight of the criminals" Last week's murder of four French tourists in Mauritania and the assailants'... more
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Three hunted over tourists killing
Topix - Sunday, December 30, 2007
p> Mauritanian authorities are still searching for three men who fled south toward neighbouring Senegal after a brutal Christmas Eve attack that killed four picnicking French tourists. via Channel 4 ... more
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Terror network claims Mauritanian shooting
Topix - Saturday, December 29, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"This despicable act constitutes one of the gravest offenses in the eyes of Islam." NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania : An Algeria-based terror network has claimed responsibility for the killing of soldiers in Mauritania, according to an audio tape played on an Arabic television station Saturday. via International... more
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