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Mauritanian Court Drops Terrorism Charges
Topix - Thursday, August 02, 2007
p> Tran report - Download 516k Listen to Tran report In the west African country of Mauritania, a criminal court has dropped terrorism charges against 14 men who had been accused of aiding a group allied to ... via Voice of America ... more
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'Our Sea And Lagoon Are Not for Sale'
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, August 01, 2007
We are selling everything in this country: from our bodies to our land and now our sea and lagoons. Is there anything left for us?" asked Jack Bizlall, spokesperson for a nongovernmental network of organisations called ... more
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Mauritanian drops terror charges for 14
Topix - Wednesday, August 01, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I think the court did not find sufficient evidence to condemn the men on the basis of terrorism" FORUMS MULTIMEDIA Mauritanian drops terror charges for 14 7/31/2007, 11:07 a.m. PDT By AHMED MOHAMED NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - A Mauritanian court has dropped terrorism charges for 14 men... more
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President Calls On Nation to Pray for Rain
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, August 01, 2007
n true Sahelian fashion, the rainy season is late in coming to Mauritania, causing concern amongst experts and locals in the West African nation and resulting in a presidential call for nationwide prayers for ample rain this harvest ... more
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Mauritania gets aid to combat desertification
Topix - Tuesday, July 31, 2007
p> QATAR is helping Mauritania combat desertification of its Qasram village by planting special trees on 50 hectares of land. via Gulf Times ... more
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Questions Surround Terror Trial in Mauritania
Topix - Monday, July 30, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"Whether these individuals are a threat to international peace and security, rather than involved in a local grievance within Mauritania and the politics of Mauritania itself, is the question" Tran report - Download 940k Listen to Tran report In the west African country of Mauritania, defense... more
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Nominations Sent to the Senate
Topix - Saturday, July 28, 2007
p> Mark M. Boulware, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic ... via The White House ... more
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Mauritania-Senegal: Mohammed Abdullah Dea: "I'll go back now in...
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> Mohammed Abdullah Dea served in the Mauritanian army before he and more than 60,000 black Mauritanians were expelled to Senegal between 1989 and 1990. via IRIN News ... more
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Khalifa gets Abdellahi message
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> ABU DHABI: President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received on Monday a letter from Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi, President of Islamic Republic of Mauritania, dealing with bilateral ... via The Gulf Today ... more
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Mauritanian anti-slavery bill 'not tough enough'
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"The law proposal does not give a very clear definition of slavery as it is practiced here" NOUAKCHOTT: A law proposed by the Mauritanian government that would make slavery punishable by up to 10 years in jail is "inadequate," an anti-slavery group said Sunday. via... more
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French Engineer Reflects on Mauritania's Development
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> Listen to Tran report French engineer Jean Sahuc arrived in West Africa in the early 1950's to oversee the building of Mauritania's capital. via Voice of America ... more
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Arrival in Nouakchott - Nouakchott, Mauritania
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> Flights were long and uneventful, but we guess uneventful is good right? The food on the plane was better than expected. via TravelPod.com Recent Updates ... more
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Mauritanian refugees to be repatriated from Senegal
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Mauritanian refugees to be repatriated from Senegal I discovered a very interesting site recently: Telediaspora.net . The site is a regular portal providing the usual news and such, but ... via Black Star Journal ... more
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Morocco arrests former Mauritanian president's son
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> RABAT: The eldest son of former Mauritanian President Khouna Ould Haidallah has been arrested in the Moroccan resort of Agadir on drug trafficking charges, police sources said Wednesday. via The Daily Star ... more
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Lwi Feature: It Is Not Circumcision
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"I will never do it again! If I hear of someone doing it, I will report [them] to the police!" From "Frank Imhoff" Date Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:41:34 -0500 FEATURE: It Is Not Circumcision NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania/GENEVA, 20 July 2007 - "I will never do it... more
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How global desertification crisis can be slowed
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> Image of sand dunes advancing on Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, located near the northern west coast of Africa. via Earth & Sky ... more
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Personnel Announcement
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate three individuals to serve in his Administration. via The White House ... more
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A delayed spring break trip to Mauritania
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p class="lede_quote">"We typically take around 10 to 12 students per trip" For Cara Comfort, a recent graduate from the University of Kansas School of Nursing, the two weeks that she spent providing health education and care in Mauritania widened her viewpoint of patients from other ... ... more
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Mauritania-Senegal: Mohammed Abdullah Dea: "I'll go back now in...
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> Mohammed Abdullah Dea served in the Mauritanian army before he and more than 60,000 black Mauritanians were expelled to Senegal between 1989 and 1990. via IRIN News ... more
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Khalifa gets Abdellahi message
Topix - Thursday, July 26, 2007
p> ABU DHABI: President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received on Monday a letter from Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi, President of Islamic Republic of Mauritania, dealing with bilateral ... via The Gulf Today ... more
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