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Mauritanian president shot accidentally by army patrol: official
Mauritania  | 10/14/2012 1:30:09 AM Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was lightly injured as his motorcade was accidentally fired on by an army unit, according to reports reaching here on Saturday.

Mauritania agrees to extradite Senussi: Libya vice PM
Mauritania  | 3/21/2012 7:58:16 AM Mauritania has agreed to extradite Moamer Kadhafi's ex-spy chief Abdullah Senussi to Libya to stand trial, Libya's vice premier announced on Tuesday.

Mauritania begins to interrogate arrested former Libyan intelligence chief
Mauritania  | 3/18/2012 11:06:03 PM Mauritanian security authorities on Saturday began to interrogate Libya's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, who was arrested Friday night in Nouakchott, according to a security source here.

Mauritania businessman condemns 'terror' warrant against him
Mauritania  | 12/31/2011 10:48:16 AM A top businessman and a prominent critic of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz denounced on Friday an arrest warrant issued against him for supporting terror groups.

Don't pay ransom for Qaeda hostages, says Mauritania
Mauritania  | 12/12/2011 10:52:04 PM Mauritania on Sunday urged that no ransom be paid for European hostages held in the Sahel region by Al-Qaeda's North African wing, at a meeting of European and African defence ministers.

Fifteen AQIM militants die in clashes with Mauritanian army
Mauritania  | 6/27/2011 7:57:58 AM Fifteen militants of the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) were killed and several others injured on Friday in an offensive launched by the Mauritanian army against a base of the terrorist group in northern Mali, the head of the operations office at the army headquarters, Colonel Brahim Vall Ould Cheibany has announced here.

Mauritanian court gives death sentence to assassin of U. S. citizen
Mauritania  | 3/16/2011 7:51:52 AM The Nouakchott criminal court on Tuesday gave death sentence to an assassin of a U.S. citizen.

Mauritanian sets himself aflame to express displeasure with regime
Mauritania  | 1/17/2011 12:19:04 PM A Mauritanian man on Monday expressed displeasure with the regime by setting himself aflame near the presidential palace in the capital Nouakchott, witnesses reported.

3 hotel employees in Mauritius accused of killing British tourist
Mauritania  | 1/12/2011 12:53:46 PM Three people including employees of Legends Hotel were on Wednesday accused by the Mauritius police of having killed Michaela Harte, a 27-year-old teacher from Northern Ireland who had come to Mauritius for her honeymoon.

More than 20,000 Mauritanian refugees return home from Senegal
Mauritania  | 1/6/2011 10:24:16 PM The repatriation operations of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal have been completed, with some 20,433 refugees from 4,984 families having returned home, an official source told APA on Thursday.

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IDB grants more than $13mn to support Mauritanian farming sector
Mauritania  | 12/3/2009 7:49:59 AM The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) granted a financing worth of 3.5 billion ouguiya (US$13.128 million) to Mauritania to boost its farming sector, APA noted Wednesday in Nouakchott.
Mauritania's former Central Bank governor asked to return $95 mln
Mauritania  | 11/17/2009 12:35:19 PM A former Central Bank governor of Mauritania is asked to return 95 million U. S. dollars stolen between 2001 and 2002, police sources said on Monday.

 
 
Ninth African Junior Athletics Championship kicks off in Mauritius
Mauritania  | 7/30/2009 12:31:10 PM The official opening ceremony of the 9th African Junior Athletics Championships kicks off at the Germain Comarmond stadium in Bambous, 20 km from Port Louis, beginning in the morning, to be followed by the official opening ceremony in the afternoon.
 
Mauritanian president shot accidentally by army patrol: official
Mauritania  | 10/14/2012 1:30:09 AM Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was lightly injured as his motorcade was accidentally fired on by an army unit, according to reports reaching here on Saturday.
Mauritania begins to interrogate arrested former Libyan intelligence chief
Mauritania  | 3/18/2012 11:06:03 PM Mauritanian security authorities on Saturday began to interrogate Libya's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, who was arrested Friday night in Nouakchott, according to a security source here.
Mauritania businessman condemns 'terror' warrant against him
Mauritania  | 12/31/2011 10:48:16 AM A top businessman and a prominent critic of Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz denounced on Friday an arrest warrant issued against him for supporting terror groups.
Don't pay ransom for Qaeda hostages, says Mauritania
Mauritania  | 12/12/2011 10:52:04 PM Mauritania on Sunday urged that no ransom be paid for European hostages held in the Sahel region by Al-Qaeda's North African wing, at a meeting of European and African defence ministers.
Fifteen AQIM militants die in clashes with Mauritanian army
Mauritania  | 6/27/2011 7:57:58 AM Fifteen militants of the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) were killed and several others injured on Friday in an offensive launched by the Mauritanian army against a base of the terrorist group in northern Mali, the head of the operations office at the army headquarters, Colonel Brahim Vall Ould Cheibany has announced here.
 
Mauritania agrees to extradite Senussi: Libya vice PM
Mauritania  | 3/21/2012 7:58:16 AM Mauritania has agreed to extradite Moamer Kadhafi's ex-spy chief Abdullah Senussi to Libya to stand trial, Libya's vice premier announced on Tuesday.
Mauritanian sets himself aflame to express displeasure with regime
Mauritania  | 1/17/2011 12:19:04 PM A Mauritanian man on Monday expressed displeasure with the regime by setting himself aflame near the presidential palace in the capital Nouakchott, witnesses reported.
EU to resume cooperation with Mauritania
Mauritania  | 12/22/2009 12:46:58 AM 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.
Spanish ambassador in Mauritania silent over hostage whereabouts
Mauritania  | 12/2/2009 12:17:10 PM The Spanish ambassador to Nouakchott, Alonso Descuellar Mazarido, has refused to comment on the whereabouts of the three Spanish hostages taken on Sunday in Mauritania by armed men between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, African News Agency reported on Wednesday.
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