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	MOROCCO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) that Mauritania claimed from 1976 to 1979.
		The history of the region comprising present-day Morocco has been shaped by the interaction of the original Berber population and the various foreign peoples who invaded the country.
		In April the Spanish government recognized in principle the independence of Spanish Morocco and the unity of the sultanate, although it retained certain cities and territories.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=216908 (3762 words)

	ipedia.com: Western Sahara Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Western Sahara is a region of northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco on the north, Algeria on the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic ocean on the west.
		Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1) is a region of northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco on the north, Algeria on the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic ocean on the west.
		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.
	www.ipedia.com /western_sahara.html (345 words)

	History of Western Sahara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The sovereignty of the Western Sahara remains the subject of a dispute between the Government of Morocco and the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro), an organization seeking independence for the region.
		The population of the territory is an estimated 400,000.
		Western Sahara depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/westernsahara.html (902 words)

	History of Western Sahara -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a result, Spain abandoned Western Sahara on November 14, 1975, repatriating even the Spanish corpses from its cemeteries.
		Morocco later virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following (A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert) Mauritania's withdrawal.
		The Western Sahara: A Case Study by John Carthy, University of Portsmouth (unpublished thesis paper)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_western_sahara.htm (350 words)

	Western Sahara
		Before Spanish Sahara was a unified province it was divided in two provinces, the Saguiat el-Hamra (the "SA" of "polisario"… and the "EH" of the ISO country code) and Rio de Oro (the "RIO").
		Spanish Sahara was also known as Spanish West Africa, but that one included other bits like Ifni (to Morocco in 1969), Cape Juby (the southernmost part of Morocco not including WS) and La Aguera.
		When the Spanish pulled out of this territory in 1976, it was partitioned between Morocco, which took the larger part, and Mauritania.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/eh.html (1184 words)

	Western Sahara
		Before Spanish Sahara was a unified province it was divided in two provinces, the Saguiat el-Hamra (the "SA" of "polisario" and the "EH" of the ISO country code) and Rio de Oro (the "RIO").
		Spanish Sahara was also known as Spanish West Africa, but that one included other bits like Ifni (to Morocco in 1969), Cape Juby (the southernmost part of Morocco not including WS) and La Aguera.
		When the Spanish pulled out of this territory in 1976, it was partitioned between Morocco, which took the larger part, and Mauritania.
	www.fotw.us /flags/eh.html (972 words)

	Western Sahara -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Arabic Sahara' Al-Gharbiyah, formerly (until 1976) Spanish Sahara former overseas province of Spain occupying an extensive desert Atlantic-coastal area (97,344 square miles [252,120 square km]) of northwest Africa.
		It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across the entire width of Africa, and the coastal region, or Guinea Coast.
		A region of unresolved sovereignty, Western Sahara lies on the Atlantic to the south of Morocco in northwestern Africa.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076666?&query=western (812 words)

	Sahara on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The E Sahara is usually divided into three regions—the Libyan Desert, which extends west from the Nile valley through W Egypt and E Libya; the Arabian Desert, or Eastern Desert, which lies between the Nile valley and the Red Sea in Egypt; and the Nubian Desert, which is in NE Sudan.
		Western Sahara settlement, political equality for remaining territories among issues addressed, as Fourth Committee's debate continues.
		Western Sahara, second decade to eradicate colonialism among issues in Fourth Committee general debate.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/sahara.asp (902 words)

	Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 20th century initially brought little peace; colonisation of Western Sahara, Spanish Morocco and Equatorial Guinea was attempted as a substitute for the loss of the Americas.
		With the approval of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the arrival of democracy, the old historic nationalities — Basque Country, Catalonia, Andalusia and Galicia — were given far-reaching autonomy, which was then soon extended to all Spanish regions, resulting in one of the most decentralized territorial organizations in Western Europe.
		Morocco claims the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla and the uninhabited Vélez, Alhucemas, Chafarinas, and Perejil ("Parsley") islands, all on the northern coast of Africa.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Spain.htm (3769 words)

	Mauritania : Polisario Front
		Army of Western Sahara, that was for years fighting the Moroccan and for 4 years Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara, an occupation that started in 1975 (for Mauritania until 1979).
		But despite the peace treaty between the two parties, signed August 5, 1979, the southern third of Western Sahara was passed on to the far stronger Morocco.
		At the present, Polisario's cause seems to be lost, their troops are outnumbered by Morocco's, Libya's and especially Algeria's support for Polisario — a precondition for their continued fighting — has dwindled quicker than international and African attention to the claim on independence for Western Sahara has disappeared from the news headlines.
	www.mauritania-today.com /anglais/history/polisario.htm (321 words)

	Humanities Education Centre Western Sahara Collection home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Western Sahara, the former Spanish colony, is the last African colonized country still waiting for independence.
		The Western Sahara, given its name in 1975 by the United Nations, is the last African colonial state still to declare its independence.
		The Western Sahara's map borders are a result of colonial agreements made between France, Spain and Morocco in 1900, 1904 and 1912.
	www.papaink.org /gallery/home/artist/display/160.html (1782 words)

	Western Sahara
		The indigenous population of Western Sahara are Sahrawis, and their exact number is difficult to estimate — many have moved into mainland Morocco, many others abroad, while a large group have sought refuge in neighbour countries, principally Algeria.
		The Green March, the action of Morocco to claim Western Sahara, has resulted in unity and national pride among Moroccans, where the idea that the capital of Laayoune is an extraordinarily beautiful city, while it is just like anywhere else in Morocco, should be an indicator of how strong sentiments are.
		For the former king of Morocco, king Hassan 2, the Western Sahara situation resulted in unity around his position and as well as damming of the struggle for democratization.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/w_sahara.htm (725 words)

	Running Your First Sahara Marathon
		The race is held in the Western Sahara Refugee Camps near Tindouf, Algeria.
		At the airport we were met by trucks and buses and driven to the Western Sahara Refugee Camps approximately 1 hour away.
		Western Sahara was a Spanish Colony for hundreds of years.
	www.marathonguide.com /features/Contributed/SaharaMarathon_Wortley.cfm (1248 words)

	999 Western Sahara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1) is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands.
		Western Sahara is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco.
		A 1974 Spanish census claimed there were some 74,000 people in the area at the time, but this number is likely to be on the low side, due to the difficulty in counting a nomad people.
	www.999westernsahara.com (2270 words)

	Western Sahara: Crocker Helps Seek Settlement of Conflict: Peace Watch: U.S. Institute of Peace
		The Algerian-backed Polisario rebels are seeking independence for the largely Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, which is approximately the size of Colorado and stretches along the Atlantic coast for 1,100 kilometers between Morocco and Mauritania.
		The population of the phosphate-rich territory is estimated at 150,000-220,000.
		A UN peace operation on the ground--the Mission of the UN for Western Sahara (Minurso), headquartered in the town of Laayoune in the Western Sahara, with a liaison office in Algeria--has become mired in controversy, especially in Washington.
	www.usip.org /peacewatch/1997/697/wsahara.html (825 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 4 Apr 2000 (pt 3)
		It is specific to the right of the people of Western Sahara to determine their future in accordance with United Nations policy and the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, or MINURSO.
		In 1974, Western Sahara ceased to be a colony of Spain--Spain withdrew.
		The agreement made through MINURSO was that the 1974 Spanish census should be used as the basis for deciding who would be eligible to vote in a referendum on the future of Western Sahara.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000404/halltext/00404h03.htm (3584 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.
		Western Sahara: History - History There is evidence of trade between the Western Sahara and Europe by the 4th cent.
		Algeria, the Maghreb Union, and the Western Sahara stalemate.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0759052.html (822 words)

	Western Sahara - History
		This diplomatic menace led to Franco-Spanish military cooperation to destroy the resistance movement north of Mauritania and in the whole of the "Spanish Sahara".
		After 1958, there were sporadic demonstrations against the Spanish domination, but it was in 1967 that the struggle began to take organized form with the creation of the Movement for the Liberation of the Sahara.
		Western Sahara is rich in mineral deposits, especially phosphates, uranium, iron, natural gas and oil.
	www.arso.org /05-1.htm (1606 words)

	Saharawi Arab Republic Coins
		At its accession to independence in 1956, Morocco laid claim on Spanish Sahara as part of its pre-colonial territory, and in 1957, the Moroccan Army of Liberation nearly expelled the Spanish from the country in the Ifni War.
		The Spanish were only able to re-establish control with the assistance of the French by 1958, and embarked on a harsh strategy of retaliation towards the countryside, forcibly settling many of the previously nomadic bedouins of Spanish Sahara and speeding up urbanization, while many others were forced into exile to Morocco proper.
		Immediately before the death of the aging Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in the winter of 1975, however, Spain was confronted with an intensive campaign of territorial demands from Morocco, and to a lesser extent Mauritania, culminating in the Green March.
	www.24carat.co.uk /saharawiarabrepublic.html (1112 words)

	Western Sahara - Former Spanish Sahara
		Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara), former overseas province of Spain, located in northwestern Africa, occupied since 1979 by Morocco.
		Western Sahara encompasses about 267,000 sq km (about 103,000 sq mi); it is located on the Atlantic Ocean between Morocco and Mauritania.
		The population is 206,629 (1993 estimate), mostly Berbers and Arabs.
	members.aol.com /arabinfo7/sahara.htm (204 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 (2368 words)

	Islamic World.Net: Countries
		Western Sahara - Background and news on the "self determination process of the former Spanish Sahara".
		The self determination - process of the former Spanish Sahara (Emmanuel Martinoli) Information about the decolonization process of W. Sahara, UN referendum, human rights violations, the situation of the Saharawi refugees in Algeria; besides historical, ethnological, geographical, and political background.
		Western Sahara - Picture and history of the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara).
	islamic-world.net /countries/western_sahara.htm (440 words)

	The History Guy: The War in the Western Sahara
		The History Guy: The War in the Western Sahara
		The current war in the area known as the Western Sahara began in 1975, when the area then known as the Spanish Sahara was evacuated by its Spanish rulers.
		The cost of the war soon drove the Mauritanians out of the war on August 5, 1979, allowing Morcocco to occupy the entire Western Sahara in.
	www.historyguy.com /western_sahara.html (281 words)

	Sahara: Western Sahara
		Morocco quickly cried foul, pointing to the fact that most of its candidates failed to pass the UN identification process, which had employed Spanish colonial records and tribal leaders from Western Sahara (chosen by both Morocco and the POLISARIO) to verify an applicant's legitimacy.
		The 2002 field season consisted of a short reconnaissance survey of the Northern Sector of the "liberated" or "free" zone, the region of Western Sahara administered by the Frente Polisario from the region around Tindouf in Algeria.
		The remainder of Western Sahara is occupied by Morocco; the occupied and free zones are separated by the "Berm", a series of earthworks constructed by the occupying Moroccan forces to keep Polisario guerillas out of the economically productive areas of Western Sahara, where the Moroccan government subsidised settlers from Morocco.
	www.lycos.com /info/sahara--western-sahara.html?page=3 (530 words)

	Western Sahara
		The indigenous population of Western Sahara are Sahrawis, and their exact number is difficult to estimate — many have moved into mainland Morocco, many others abroad, while a large group have sought refuge in neighbour countries, principally Algeria.
		The Green March, the action of Morocco to claim Western Sahara, has resulted in unity and national pride among Moroccans, where the idea that the capital of Laayoune is an extraordinarily beautiful city, while it is just like anywhere else in Morocco, should be an indicator of how strong sentiments are.
		For the former king of Morocco, king Hassan 2, the Western Sahara situation resulted in unity around his position and as well as damming of the struggle for democratization.
	i-cias.com /e.o/w_sahara.htm (743 words)

	ICE Conflict Case ZSAHARA
		Morocco and the Polisario Front are contesting the Western Sahara, a 266,000-square kilometer territory in the northwest corner of Africa.
		Named by the UN in 1975, the desert area was formerly a Spanish colony (1884-1976), known in the West as the Spanish Sahara.
		The descendants of the Berbers in modern-day Western Sahara are the Tekna.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/ice/SAHARA.HTM (3136 words)

	WSO\| Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Western Sahara:: Leading Western Sahara human rights activist Ali Salem Tamek spoke in Dublin yesterday of his fears that he will be arrested by Moroccan authorities on his return home this weekend.
		Recently, noted Western Sahara pro-democracy leader, Aminatou Haidar, came to Washington to describe to Members of Congress, representatives of international human rights organizations and officials at the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, the mistreatment that she and others have endured as a result of their nonviolent support of a referendum for self-determination....
		The SADR rules Western Sahara in exile because the country is currently occupied by the Kingdom of Morocco.
	www.wsahara.net /news.html (3185 words)

	Western Sahara Info
		One of a group of 53 migrants expelled to the border between Western Sahara and Mauritania by the Moroccan authorities and left without food or water was reported in August to have died of dehydration.
		Simultaneously, three of Western Sahara's top human rights activists have suddenly been arrested and taken into custody, and three others are being sought.
		For weeks, Moroccan authorities have been executing a crackdown in Western Sahara and at Moroccan universities against activists and students among the territory's native population, who are known as Saharawis.
	w-sahara.blogspot.com (2349 words)

	Mauritania CONFLICT IN THE WESTERN SAHARA - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ...
		For the first fifty years after the occupation, intermittent Sahrawi resistance to Spanish rule in what was then called the Spanish Sahara effectively forced the Spanish occupiers to limit their presence to several coastal enclaves.
		In 1973 a number of indigenous Spanish Sahara groups formed an organization called the Polisario, the purpose of which was to secure independence from Spain.
		The Spanish government finally terminated its claim to the Spanish Sahara in February 1976 and bequeathed the territory--renamed the Western Sahara--jointly to Morocco and Mauritania, both of which consented to allow Spain to exploit the Bu Craa phosphates.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/mauritania/mauritania_history_conflict_in_the_western_sahara.html (426 words)

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