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Comprehensive News Feed for Mauritania.

Results 1 - 20 of 635 in Mauritania

  1. Bashir to visit MauritaniaRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Independent Online

    Nouakchott - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted under an international arrest warrant, was awaited on Monday in Mauritania for a visit, sources close to the authorities said.

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  2. Mauritania steps up securityRead the original story

    Sep 21, 2009 | News24.com

    ... 65, and his wife Philomene Kabouree, an Italian of Burkina Faso origin, disappeared on the road between Aioun in Mauritania and Kayes in Mali, close to the village of N'Eissira and to the border, security sources said. According to the official news ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania, Africa, Mali, Kayes, Mali

  3. SNC-Lavalin to help build iron ore concentrator in MauritaniaRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Canada.com

    Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. said Monday it will provide engineering and construction management services for an iron ore concentrator project in Mauritania, Northwest Africa.

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  4. SNC-Lavalin awarded contract for iron ore project in MauritaniaRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Canada NewsWire

    ... procurement and construction management services (EPCM) for an iron ore concentrator project near Zouerate, Mauritania . The Guelb II Iron Ore Project is adjacent to SNIM's existing iron ore operations in the region, and is expected to contribute an ...

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  5. EU to resume cooperation with MauritaniaRead the original story

    12 hrs ago | People's Daily

    The European Union has decided to resume cooperation with Mauritania and is ready to release the aid of millions of dollars, according to a visiting official from the 27-nation bloc.

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  6. EnvironmentRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... measures for emission reductions i n developed countries, PANA reported from here Sunday. 20/12/2009 full text... Mauritania threatened by dunes' erosion Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Located in the Sahelo-Saharan strip, bordering t he West ...

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  7. Italy confirms couple abducted in MauritaniaRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | The Daily Star

    ROME/NOUAKCHOTT: Italy's Foreign Ministry confirmed that an Italian couple have been abducted in Mauritania and said it had activated all political and diplomatic channels to secure their release.

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  8. Italy uses all channels to free Mauritania hostages

    Yesterday | Reuters

    Italy is using political and diplomatic channels to try to secure the release of a couple kidnapped in Mauritania, the foreign ministry said.

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  9. Kidnap couple 'may be in Mali'Read the original story

    Oct 30, 2009 | News24.com

    An Italian couple feared kidnapped while travelling in southeast Mauritania could now be held in neighbouring Mali, a senior EU official said on Sunday.

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  10. Sudan's Bashir to pay 3-day visit MauritaniaRead the original story

    Yesterday | Earth Times

    Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will Monday embark on an official visit to Mauritania, officials in the North African country said Sunday.

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  11. Italian couple kidnapped in Mauritania: TVRead the original story

    Yesterday | China Daily

    NOUAKCHOTT: An Italian couple has been kidnapped in eastern Mauritania, Italian state television said on Saturday, and their bullet-riddled vehicle was found near the border with Mali.

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  12. HealthRead the original story

    Yesterday | Panapress

    ... of refugees and steep funding cuts, the aid group, the International R escue Committee (IRC) revealed Wednesday. Mauritania hosts conference on obstetric fistula A three-day international conference on the mana gement of obstetric fistula opened ...

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  13. Official: 2 Italians kidnapped in MauritaniaRead the original story

    Saturday | KXMA-TV Dickinson

    By AHMED MOHAMMED Associated Press Writer NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania A police chief and a security official sa9 that two Italians have been kidnapped in the desert nation of Mauritania.

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  14. Climate deal fails to lift delegates' moodRead the original story

    Saturday | Los Angeles Times

    ... the concrete action that Africa wants." On either side of him, the booths of Malawi and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania were abandoned, their pamphlets on desertification strewn on the floor. Anup Khastagir, a reporter for the Bangladeshi ...

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    Related Topix: Global Warming, Activism, Senegal, World News, Africa, Dakar, Senegal

  15. Sudan's Bashir visit to Mauritania kept under tight wrapsRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday | Sudan Tribune

    " The Sudanese government has continued to maintain silence over a visit by president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir to Mauritania in defiance to the arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Darfur in western Sudan.

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  16. Contacts launch bid to free Europeans held by Al QaedaRead the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | Gulf Times

    ... fast," said the Malian security source. A foreign source close to the case stressed that "France, Spain, Mali and Mauritania work hand-in-hand. It's clear that the objective is to obtain the release of the four Europeans together." Frenchman Pierre ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, Mali, World News, Bamako, Mali

  17. Press Release: Statement by the IMF Mission on the 2009 Article IV...Read the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | International Monetary Fund

    ... of the diplomatic, banking, and business communities. At the end of the mission, Mr. Loko, IMF Mission Chief for Mauritania, issued the following statement: "In the context of the Article IV consultations, the mission reviewed recent economic and ...

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  18. Khulna under grave riskRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | The Daily Star

    ... Dar Es Salam of Tanzania, Mombassa of Kenya, and Cotonou of Benin. The dry land cities are Nouakchott of Mauritania, Diourbel of Senegal, Bamako of Mali, Khartoum of Sudan while the highland cities are Thimphu of Bhutan, Kathmandu of Nepal, Harare ...

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  19. Mauritania introduces anti-terror law

    Wednesday Dec 16 | The Daily Star

    NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritania has introduced tough anti-terror legislation which authorizes phone tapping and scraps the statute of limitations for terror-related crimes, the official AMI news agency reported Tuesday.

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  20. Al-Qaeda cell claims to have hostagesRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Independent Online

    ... was seized on November 25 in Mali while the three Spaniards were kidnapped four days later in neighbouring Mauritania. For the first time, AQIM said it was holding all four, in a video released by Al-Jazeera television. 'We are not sitting with our ...

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