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Troubled Air Mauritanie sacks 258 workers
Topix - Tuesday, October 23, 2007
p> Mauritania's national carrier, Air Mauritanie, has laid off 258 of its workers and retained 120 others, following two months of inactivity by the troubled company, PANA has learnt. via Panapress ... more
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New Govt Tackling Waste Management
allAfrica.com - Monday, October 22, 2007
ince the 1970s, Mauritania's capital city has been growing explosively and today a million people call the scruffy, ramshackle city's collection of tin-roofed shacks and rough concrete buildings home. Nouakchott's sanitation system has not kept up with the demand, and the Mauritanian capital often looks more like an open garbage... more
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MAURITANIA: New govt tackling waste management
Topix - Monday, October 22, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I am certain that we can make Mauritania clean" NOUAKCHOTT, 22 October 2007 - Since the 1970s, Mauritania's capital city has been growing explosively and today a million people call the scruffy, ramshackle city's collection of tin-roofed shacks and rough ... via IRIN News ... more
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Saving Mediterranean Monk Seal from extinction
Topix - Sunday, October 21, 2007
p> Adeje, Tenerife, Spain - A new Memorandum of Understanding for the protection of the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal was concluded under the auspices of CMS. via The New Nation ... more
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Sheikh Solaiman Bin Abdulaziz Alkuhaimi of Naftoil Saudi Arabia Sign...
Topix - Friday, October 19, 2007
p> Naftoil Saudi Arabia S.A. a privately-owned Saudi petroleum company, has teamed up with Gulf Regal Corporation to sign an outline memorandum of understanding that secures drilling, exploration, and development ... via Canada NewsWire ... more
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Iron Train a Lifeline for Rural Mauritania
Topix - Thursday, October 18, 2007
p> In arid Mauritania, where Sahara desert meets Sahel grasslands, a train stretching up to two and one half kilometers snakes along the northern border. via Voice of America ... more
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Freed Gitmo captive claims Koran abuse
Topix - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
p> Freed Gitmo captive claims Koran abuse By AHMED MOHAMED Associated Press A Mauritanian man who was held for nearly five years at the U.S. prison camps at Guantánamo on Friday accused American soldiers of ... via The Miami Herald ... more
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West Africans Risk All on Clandestine Trips to Europe
Topix - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I fled Conarky because of suffering" Hundreds of Africans, mostly young men, try every week to board fishing canoes headed for Spanish territory. via Voice of America ... more
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"Migrant" tells of treacherous trip out of Africa
Topix - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"As the night went by, we were drifting in rough seas and people were starting to scream, to cry, to pray." "Migrant" tells of treacherous trip out of Africa By Tom Pfeiffer RABAT - In his Saharan robes the tanned Frenchman passed unnoticed in Nouadhibou, a... more
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Mauritanian Guantanamo detainee freed a week after return to home country
Topix - Friday, October 05, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I was even subjected to forced feeding after the hunger strike that we undertook to demand either judgment or liberty" NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania : A Mauritanian man who had been held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years has been freed by... more
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Mauritania - break in WFP food supply puts thousands at risk
Topix - Wednesday, October 03, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"If no fresh contributions are forthcoming now, we will have a total break in supply and thousands of people will be at risk." Location: Nouakchott The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that floods in Mauritania are putting greater pressure on its dwindling food supplies... more
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UN Appeals for More Funds to Feed 470,000
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, October 02, 2007
he United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed for urgent new funding to feed 470,000 people in Mauritania, warning that flooding is putting greater pressure on its dwindling supplies for both flood victims and returning ... more
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Timeline: Mauritania
Topix - Tuesday, October 02, 2007
p> A chronology of key events: 3rd-7th centuries AD - Berber and Arab migrants displace the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania. via BBC ... more
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Petronas Extends Reach in North Africa
Topix - Saturday, September 29, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The acquired acreages also contain significant oil and gas potential in the existing Tiof, Banda, Tevet and Pelican discoveries and in several identified exploration prospects" Malaysia's state-owned oil company, Petronas, has deepened its involvement in Africa by signing a $418 million agreement to buy all of... more
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Guantanamo prisoner returned to Mauritania
Topix - Thursday, September 27, 2007
p> One of three Mauritanian citizens held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay has been returned to his home country. via PR-inside.com ... more
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'There Cannot Be Peace Without Justice'
allAfrica.com - Friday, September 21, 2007
n this exclusive interview with FOROYAA's Ousman Sillah, the President of the Mouvement de Refugee Mauritaniene au Senegal pour la Defence de Droit des I' Homme, Mr. Cissokho Aldioma, passionately talks about their movement, the state orchestrated diabolical persecution and pogram of the black Mauritanians, the forced deportations, the legitimate... more
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Tuning in to the All Blacks from the desert
Topix - Thursday, September 13, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Despite the picture being a little out of phase, we got the real thing, national anthem, haka, and a very good game of rugby - one very happy All Black supporter in the middle of nowhere" IS THIS MAN THE BIGGEST ALL BLACKS FAN? at the... more
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Tunisphere: Mauritania's elections, Super shield and Mohammed Abbou.
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, September 12, 2007
p>Mauritania's presidential elections were almost ignored on the Tunisian blogosphere. Only Nadia From Tunis brought attention to this historical event in this country, a member of the UMA (Arab Maghreb Union). In this article , Nadia talked about all the miraculous decisions made by a... more
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New permanent representative of Mauritania presents credentials
Topix - Tuesday, September 11, 2007
p> Abderrahim Ould Hadrami, the new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Prior to his new appointment, Mr. via M2.com ... more
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Rain, floods wreaking havoc on Mauritania
Topix - Friday, September 07, 2007
p> KAEDI, Mauritania, Sept. 5 Most of southern Mauritania has begun recovery efforts after recent deluges spawned flooding that caused heavy damage. via Earth Times ... more
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