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Today: A tanker hijack and a Swiss vote to ban minarets

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home

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Stories compiled by Gizem Yarbil, Connie Kargbo, Channtal Fleischfresser, Christine Kiernan, Ivette Feliciano, and Mohammad al-Kassim, and edited by ...

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Despite Obama in Ghana, a Bad Month for African Democracy

Todd Moss | Posted 09.12.2009 | World

In Mauritania the vote was so obviously suspicious that the electoral chief resigned and the opposition rejected the results.

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Christopher Leggett Death: Al Qaida Says It Killed American In Mauritania For Proselytizing

AP | AHMED MOHAMED | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Al-Qaida's North African branch has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American aid worker shot dead this wee...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan: Yet Another Path to Failure Facts: Pakistan's government arrests hundreds of "dissidents" includi...

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Mauritania Expels Israeli Ambassador

Haaretz | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

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Mauritania on Friday ordered the Israeli embassy to leave the capital Nouakchott within 48 hours. ...

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Musings on Mauritanian Media

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.10.2008 | Media

State-run Mauritanian radio and TV with programs in Arabic, French and several local languages have seen some improvements given their meager resources.

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