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Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania
... confirmed on Monday. Sanda Ould Boumana, the Timbuktu-based spokesman for Ansar Dine, is being transferred to Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott. The official, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said that ... Comment?
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Qaeda-linked operative surrende...
NOUAKCHOTT: A senior operative in an Al Qaeda-linked group in war-torn northern Mali has surrendered to Mauritania, a security source said yesterday. Comment?
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Spokesman for Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania
... confirmed on Monday. Sanda Ould Boumana, the Timbuktu-based spokesman for Ansar Dine, is being transferred to Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott. The official, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said that ... Comment?
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Mauritania Through a Portuguese Artist's Eyes
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Portuguese artist Isabel Fiadeiro lives in Nouakchott, Mauritania, where she paints and runs an art gallery . Comment?
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Ansar Dine spokesman surrenders
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A senior operative in an al-Qaeda-linked group in war-torn northern Mali has surrendered to Mauritania, a security source told AFP on Monday. Comment?
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Mauritania Airlines International returns to the EU after a three-year ban
Mauritania Airlines International inaugurated thrice-weekly services on the route from Nouakchott to Gran Canaria on 8 May, marking the end of a three-year ban from the European skies. Comment?
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Assistant Foreign Minister receives Mauritanian Ambassador
WAM ABU DHABI, May 16th, 2013 -- Dr. Tariq Ahmed Al Hidan, Assistant Foreign Minister for Political Affairs has met in his office at the ministry Hamid Ould Ahmed Taleb, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the UAE. Comment?
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Aaron Yoon is shown in a 2006 yearbook photo from South Collegiate Institute in London, Ont. Prosecutors in Mauritania are seeking to lengthen his sentence to 10 years. A young Canadian man who was expected to be released from a West African prison ... Comment?
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Canadian linked to Algeria attackers faces 10 years in prison
Aaron Yoon, who was identified in a CBC report as having travelled overseas with two high school friends and with being associated with the Algerian gas refinery attack, now faces a sentence in Mauritania five times as long as the original. Comment?
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Prosecutors seek 10-year sentence for Canadian terror suspect jailed in Mauritania
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Prosecutors in Mauritania are seeking to lengthen to 10 years the sentence of a Canadian man already imprisoned on alleged links to terror groups, a judicial official said Tuesday. Comment?
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Canadian in Mauritania jail on terrorism-related charges may get stiffer sentence
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... prosecutors argued that his two-year sentence on terror-related charges should be raised to 10 years. NOUAKCHOTT, MAURITANIA -Aaron Yoon, the young Canadian currently serving a two-year prison sentence in Mauritania on terrorism-related charges, ... Comment?
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New Market Study Published: Societe Nationale Industrielle et Miniere ...
... products in various countries across Europe, North Africa and Middle East. SNIM is headquartered in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. The company intends to be in the top five global exporters of iron ore. GlobalData's Societe Nationale Industrielle et ... Comment?
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India's Exim Bank helps build African capacities
... million for financing an electrification project in 39 rural localities all over the country. In North Africa, Mauritania has secured $4.896 million to finance the manufacturing, supply and testing of three drilling workshops and accessories as well ... Comment?
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Adrienne Arsenault: A different kind of beach day, in Mauritania
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... years in Jerusalem. For just over a week now, producer Stephanie Jenzer, videographer Ed Middleton and I were in Mauritania on the trail of the Canadian high school students who came to the desert from London, Ont., and found trouble in the form of ... Comment?
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Canadian attacker worked at Algeria gas plant
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... The pair travelled to Morocco in 2011 with Aaron Yoon, another young man from London. All three made their way to Mauritania, where Yoon is currently imprisoned. A CBC News investigation has learned that Medlej was briefly detained in Mauritania in ... Comment?
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ACT Alliance Alert: Assistance to Malian Refugees and Host Communities in Mauritania
Alert Mauritania Assistance to Malian Refugees and Host Communities Geneva, 7 May 2013 1. Brief description of the emergency and impact The 2011 drought in the Sahel region has created food insecurity and malnutrition in Mauritania. Comment?
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Latitude: Fighting Terrorism in Mauritania Even It Means Torture
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... dictatorship of Maaouya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya. Taya was deposed in 2005, but torture, which has been moored in Mauritania's security apparatus for decades, has continued. Last year, under pressure from France and other Western states, the government ... Comment?
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Gaddafi's son 'being treated well'
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... was at risk of being executed in Libya. "It is up to the judge," he added. Senussi was handed over to Libya by Mauritania in September after his arrest in Nouakchott in March last year started a tug of war between Libya, France and the ICC for his ... Comment?
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Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam appears briefly in court
... was at risk of being executed in Libya. "It is up to the judge," he added. Senussi was handed over to Libya by Mauritania in September after his arrest in Nouakchott in March last year started a tug of war between Libya, France and the ICC for his ... Comment?
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A Timeline of Detention
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Slahi returns to Mauritania. He had left the country 12 years earlier, at the age of 18, on a scholarship to study in Germany. Comment?
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