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  Afrol Western Sahara Index Page: Links to Western Sahara
Western Sahara Amateur Radio (Radioafición en la Republica Arabe Sahraui Democratica) is the official radio broadcasting of the Sahrawi Republic (based in Spain, Spanish and Arabic).
Western Sahara Weekly News is a news service published by the Polisario, in French and English.
Western Sahara Update is not too updated in its news coverage, but has a huge collection of historical papers and documents, relevant to the conflict with Morocco.
www.afrol.com /Index/countries/westernsaharaindex.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Western   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo, Mich.; coeducational; founded in 1903 as Western State Normal School, became accredited in 1927 as a college, gained university status in 1957.
Western Reserve tract of land in NE Ohio, on the southern shore of Lake Erie, retained by Connecticut in 1786 when it ceded its claims to its western lands (see Northwest Territory).
COUNTRY CRADLE Country and western is the purest form of American music and yet it holds a very special place in the hearts of Scots.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Western   (651 words)

  
 WESTERN SAHARA
In a communication received in the Registry on 19 August 1975, the Secretary-General indicated that, owing to a technical error, the word 'controversy' in the ninth paragraph of the preamble of the above resolution had been replaced by the word 'difficulty' in the text originally transmitted to the President of the Court.
The legal controversy which thus arose in the General Assembly in regard to Western Sahara remained in a latent state from 1966 to 1974, a period in which Morocco, without abandoning its legal position, accepted the application of the principle of self-determination.
Nations the claim that Western Sahara was a part of its national territory.
www.angelfire.com /la3/malagar/Western.htm   (7002 words)

  
 Western Sahara (proposed state): History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Located in northern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean, Western Sahara is surrounded by Algeria to the east, Morocco to the north, and Mauritania to the south.
In Aug. 2001, former secretary of state James A. Baker, special UN envoy to the Western Sahara, proposed that instead of a referendum on independence, Western Sahara consider becoming an autonomous region of Morocco.
Western Sahara: History - History There is evidence of trade between the Western Sahara and Europe by the 4th cent.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0759052.html   (764 words)

  
 Western Sahara: Background Brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in violation of resolutions by the UN Security Council and a decision by the International Court of Justice.
Although communism is no longer a threat, the perceived need to support allied regimes-despite their rejection of both international law and the authority of the United Nations-remains unabated.
The Western Sahara standoff also constitutes the major obstacle to greater cooperation between the countries of northwestern Africa-known as the Maghreb-and has nearly triggered open warfare between Morocco and the neighboring states of Algeria and Mauritania.
www.africaaction.org /docs99/wsah9901.htm   (2533 words)

  
 CorpWatch : Mixing Occuption and Oil in Western Sahara
Western Sahara is a disputed territory sandwiched between Mauritania and Morocco, on the north African coast of the Atlantic ocean.
From the middle of the Sahara to all along the coast, West Africa is fast becoming an importance source of oil and gas for the United States.
Western Sahara is far more visible at the United Nations where its fate is under the management of the Security Council.
www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=12506   (2348 words)

  
 WESTERN SAHARA REMAINS FOCUS AS FOURTH COMMITTEE ENDS GENERAL DEBATE; ACTION SET FOR NEXT WEEK ON DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
As the Fourth Committee concluded its general debate on decolonization issues this afternoon, the question of Western Sahara was the focus of seven petitioners and some ten country representatives, with Morocco’s representative saying that “the Kingdom of Morocco is keen to close, once and for all, this dispute”.
SADC strongly believed, he said, that decolonization -- one of the principal objectives of the United Nations -- was a process that needed to be expedited.  It was incumbent upon all to see to it that the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories were supported and assisted in their quest for freedom and independence.
He said the Settlement Plan was the only definitive framework for a solution for Western Sahara and urged parties to cooperate with the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy to ensure its implementation.  Mozambique reiterated its full support for resolutions that would help achieve a just, lasting and definitive solution to the question.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2006/gaspd345.doc.htm   (2456 words)

  
 Morocco (07/06)
As a result of Algeria's continued support for the Polisario Front in the dispute over Western Sahara, relations between Morocco and Algeria have remained strained over the past several decades, although they have full diplomatic relations and there is periodic high-level contact between the two countries.
Morocco's claim to sovereignty over the Western Sahara is based largely on a historical argument of traditional loyalty of the Sahrawi tribal leaders to the Moroccan sultan as spiritual leader and ruler.
With the establishment of a Moroccan and Mauritanian presence throughout the territory, however, Spain's role in the administration of the Western Sahara ceased.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5431.htm   (4078 words)

  
 The Islamic Danger to Western Civilization
The problems of exercising power at the end of the 20th century are more complex than in the past because the technological advances of the last nine decades enormously increased the destructiveness of weapons and the ability to communicate instantly with any part of the globe.
For communist propaganda not only proved attractive in many underdeveloped countries, where, like the US and for similar reasons, it stressed anti-imperialism, but also tended to strengthen socialist movements in the West that could not be relied upon to protect the interests of big business there.
Reinforced by the rapid development of television and electronic communications, it caused a gradual change in West European attitudes to nationalism and immigration.
www.westerndefense.org /special/TwinTowers2001.htm   (2300 words)

  
 Western Sahara Update
Hope in Western Sahara Tim Judah reports from deep in the Sahara desert, where thousands of refugees pin their hopes for peace on a visit by the UN secretary-general.
The United Nations special envoy to Western Sahara, Charles Dunbar, has held talks with leaders of the Polisario Front in the Algerian border town of Tindouf.
Morocco firm on Sahara as Annan lands in the region.
www.btinternet.com /~donald.macdonald/saharawi.htm   (1728 words)

  
 Western Sahara, Map and Flag
Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal.
Western Sahara depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population.
Incomes and standards of living in Western Sahara are substantially below the Moroccan level.
www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Western_Sahara.html   (413 words)

  
 Google Sightseeing » Post Archive » Western Sahara Large Type
Despite Western Sahara being one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world (just over 1 person per square kilometre) Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) have been fighting since 1975 about who should control this territory.
Western Sahara has no railways and only 6,200km of roads, but they do have some rather cool large type which (according to our submitter) translates to ‘Allah, the Nation, the King’ - which by all accounts is the motto of the Moroccan Monarchy.
But the text (which is the Moroccan motto, as you said) is not to the east of the barrier (the “Moroccan wall”) that separates the two halves of the country, it’s just to the left (i.e.
googlesightseeing.com /2006/08/14/western-sahara-large-type   (647 words)

  
 Sahara
Nowadays the desert is expanding, and with global warming, overgrazing, the Sahel (arid region south of the Sahara) is shrinking.
The countries of the Sahara are trying to tap into these aquifers, trying to make the desert bloom, but the examples of desert irrigation in the West point to the dangers of aquifer depletion and salinization of the land.
The relations with Algeria are strained though: border claims, differing positions on the fate of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara).
www.cosc.brocku.ca /~vwojcik/sahara.htm   (1379 words)

  
 The Importance of the Western Sahara to Maghrebi Security
On March 21, when King Mohammed of Morocco was visiting Laayoune in the disputed territory of the Western Sahara, rumors began to circulate that he was there to announce a breakthrough in the political stalemate between Rabat and the Polisario Front, representing the Sahrawi people of the Western Sahara.
In terms of the Salafi-Jihadists residing in the Maghreb and Sahel region, the prospects for peace in the Western Sahara are viewed as anathema to their desires and goals.
For the region to form a united front against the Salafi threat, the Western Sahara issue must be immediately resolved so that Moroccan relations with Algeria and the AU can thaw.
www.jamestown.org /terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369969   (1280 words)

  
 Air Force Magazine
Today, the Sahara region is believed to be home for thousands of the 30,000 or so jihadists who passed through Osama bin Laden’s Afghan training camps in the 1990s.
With Africa’s harshest and least populated terrain, and with a nearly total lack of communications, the Sahara mostly defies national government authority.
The Sahara’s ancient caravan routes serve as unpoliced byways for international terrorists trying to reach the Mediterranean and slip undetected into Western Europe or the Middle East.
www.afa.org /magazine/Nov2004/1104sahara.asp   (1935 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Western Sahara including economic and travel overviews and directories ...
The state of Western Sahara or Sahrawi Republic lies along the coast of West Africa between Mauritania to its south and east, and Morocco on its northern border, and forms part of the West African region.
Formerly the Spanish colony of Rio de Oro, Western Sahara was annexed by both Morocco and Mauritania when Spain withdrew in February 1976.
The final future of the state of Western Sahara will be settled when the forthcoming UN-supervised referendum is held in which the country's inhabitants must choose between independence or integration with Morocco.
www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/ws/p0005.htm   (402 words)

  
 Western Sahara Products and Arabic Languages
Western Sahara has been engaged in a war with Morocco since 1975.
Western Sahara was originally a Spanish colony and as Spain was preparing to withdraw from Morocco and grant the Western Saharans (or Saharawis) independence, they made a secret deal with Morocco and Mauritania to access the territory.
The capital of Western Sahara is Ayoun (also spelled El-Ayoun, Laayoune or El-Aaiun) and is currently occupied and controlled illegally by Moroccans.
www.worldlanguage.com /Countries/WesternSahara.htm   (736 words)

  
 Media and Communications: Western Sahara : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
Its reporting focuses on strengthening universal access to timely, strategic and non-partisan information so as to enhance the capacity of the humanitarian community to understand, respond to and avert emergencies.
It was founded in 1988 with the purpose fo acting as a link between scholars and experts of all countries.
Western Sahara - Sahara Occidental (ARSO - Association de soutien à un référendum libre et régulier au Sahara Occidental) (http://www.arso.org/index.htm)
www.loc.gov /rr/international/amed/westernsahara/resources/westernsahara-media.html   (410 words)

  
 wi Western Sahara Factors and Information that Counts
Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara: The Archaeology of Nabta Playa by Fred Wendorf
Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara: The Pottery of Nabta Playa by Fred Wendorf
Western Sahara: The Roots of a Desert War by Tony Hodges
www.llpoh.org /facts/wi_Western_Sahara.html   (971 words)

  
 Western Sahara on the Internet
ARSO is an NGO in Switzerland concerned with the decolonization of Western Sahara (former Spanish Sahara), the UN referendum, human rights violations, Saharawi refugees in Algeria, etc. Contact: E. Martinoli - arso@hei.unige.ch
Its Western Sahara section has "information about the dispute over the future of the Western Saharan territory.
The UN Mission for a Referendum in the Western Sahara (MINURSO) and special envoy James Baker are negotiating for a peaceful resolution and a referendum." GPF, an NGO, was founded in 1993 to monitor global policy making at the United Nations.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/westernsahara.html   (324 words)

  
 BUBL LINK: Western sahara
Western Sahara Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2003
Map of Western Sahara showing the main settlements, boundaries and routes.
Listing of political resources relevant to Western Sahara, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
bubl.ac.uk /link/w/westernsahara.htm   (161 words)

  
 western union - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
Western accounting arrives...even in the Soviet Union, managers are being...Though the Soviet Union and its former satellites...capitalist invasion, Western investors cant resist...perhaps the first Western CPA to receive such...FOR THE SOVIET UNION Being part of the...
WESTERN FEDERATION OF MINERS (WFM), a radical labor union that organized the miners and...organize a rival federation, the Western Labor Union.
The Union Pacific acquired the Missouri Pacific and Western Pacific RRs in 1982...northern, southern, and western sections of the system...J. Davis, The Union Pacific Railway...
www.questia.com /search/western-union   (1946 words)

  
 CIA -- The World Factbook -- Western Sahara
A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 cease-fire; a referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed and is not expected to occur until at least 2002.
Western Sahara, a territory poor in natural resources and lacking sufficient rainfall, depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population.
Most of the food for the urban population must be imported.
www.bondtalk.com /factbook2001/geos/wi.html   (358 words)

  
 NPR : Morocco Hopes to Ease Dispute over Western Sahara
Morning Edition, February 9, 2006 · Morocco has a new proposal aimed at resolving a decades-old dispute over the Western Sahara.
Fighting ensued with a rebel group known as the Polisario Front, until a cease-fire was reached in 1991.
Morocco is hoping that Western fears of a potential terrorist threat in the nearby Sahel region will bring new attention to the problem.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5198068   (169 words)

  
 sahara - OneLook Dictionary Search
Sahara : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Sahara : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
Phrases that include sahara: spanish sahara, coat of arms of western sahara, communications in western sahara, culture of western sahara, elections in western sahara, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=sahara&ls=a   (224 words)

  
 CRL - Political Communication Web Archive Project
Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara
The political communications Web archive project entails an investigation and planning effort to develop effective methodologies for the systematic, sustainable preservation of Web-based political communications.
Such communications are vital primary source materials for history and area studies, but tend to be produced erratically and disappear quickly.
www.crl.edu /content/PolitWeb.htm   (152 words)

  
 Scoop: New Zealand tour wins support for Western Sahara
Kamal Fadel, the representative of the Polisario Front of Western Sahara based in Australia, toured New Zealand, May 25 to June 1, visiting Wellington, Christchurch, Nelson and Auckland.
Mr Fadel said he found people in New Zealand quickly understood and lent their support for the cause of Western Sahara.
Western Sahara has been illegally occupied by Morocco since 1975.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0406/S00043.htm   (1272 words)

  
 Talk:Western Sahara/CIA World Factbook 2002 import - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Please plunge forward and edit the Western Sahara article.
A guerrilla war with the Polisario Front contesting Rabat's sovereignty ended in a 1991 cease-fire; a referendum on final status has been repeatedly postponed.
Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, but sovereignty remains unresolved; UN-administered cease-fire has remained in effect since September 1991, but attempts to hold a referendum have failed and parties reject other proposals
wikitravel.org /en/Talk:Western_Sahara/CIA_World_Factbook_2002_import   (452 words)

  
 CIA -- The World Factbook 1999 -- Western Sahara
Economy—overview: Western Sahara, a territory poor in natural resources and lacking sufficient rainfall, depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population.
Exports—partners: Morocco claims and administers Western Sahara, so trade partners are included in overall Moroccan accounts
Disputes—international: claimed and administered by Morocco, but sovereignty is unresolved and the UN is attempting to hold a referendum on the issue; the UN-administered cease-fire has been in effect since September 1991
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/wofact99/312.htm   (386 words)

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