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	Mauritania (05/07)
		From the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke.
		Mauritania held series of elections that began in November 2006 with a parliamentary vote and culminated March 25, 2007 with the second round of the presidential election.
		Politics in Mauritania have always been heavily influenced by personalities, with any leader's ability to exercise political power dependent upon control over resources; perceived ability or integrity; and tribal, ethnic, family, and personal considerations.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5467.htm (2078 words)

	Mauritania
		The character of present-day Mauritania's population reflected the waves of immigration from north and south that had begun in the third century A.D. The first wave, Berbers from the north, migrated into what is now Mauritania in the third and fourth centuries and later in the seventh and eighth centuries.
		Mauritania, a long-time appendage of Senegal, was not considered worth the expense necessary to pacify and develop it until Coppolani succeeded in changing the attitude of the French government.
		Mauritania's first government was invested in May 1957 and symbolically chose as its new capital Nouakchott, which by design was situated almost exactly between the Senegal River Valley, populated primarily by fl farmers, and the Maure stronghold in Adrar.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/mauritania/all.html (17943 words)

	Space Program of Mauritania / Mauritanian Space Agency
		In the Middle Ages Mauritania was the cradle of the Almoravid movement, which spread Islam throughout the region and for a while controlled the Islamic part of Spain.
		Politics in Mauritania have always been determined by personalities and tribes more than ideologies, with any leader's ability to exercise political power dependent upon control over resources; perceived ability and integrity; and tribal, ethnic, family, and personal considerations.
		Mauritania is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometers (397,850 sq mi) forming vast, arid plains broken by occasional ridges and clifflike outcroppings.
	www.hudsonfla.com /amauritania.htm (3380 words)

	Background Info \| Mauritania Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		For Mauritania, this significant event meant the arrival of the nomads, who were able to cover longer distances with camels as they traded salt - and later gold and slaves - throughout the Western Sahara.
		To thwart international criticism, a new constitution permitting multiple parties was established in Mauritania in 1992 (the process has been termed 'controlled democratisation') and the incumbent, Colonel Maaouya Sidi Ahmed Ould Taya, was re-elected, making Mauritania the first member of the Arab League to have elected a head of state by direct universal suffrage.
		Politics notwithstanding, Mauritania's troubled economy may be in for a boost from its oil tracts, discovered 80km offshore.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/africa/mauritania/essential?a=culture (1233 words)

	Mauritania
		Its coast faces the Atlantic Ocean on the west, with Senegal on the south-west, Mali on the east and south-east, Algeria on the north-east, and the Moroccan-annexed territory of Western Sahara on the north-west.
		Politics in Mauritania have always been heavily influenced by personalities, with any leader's ability to exercise political power dependent upon control over resources; perceived ability or integrity; and tribal, ethnic, family, and personal considerations.
		Due to economic weakness, Mauritania has been a neglibile player in the territorial dispute, with its official position being that it wishes for an expedient solution that is mutually agreeable by all parties.
	www.creekin.net /n119-mauritania.html (1169 words)

	Wikipedia: Mauritania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mauritania (Arabic: موريتانيا <--موريتانية is the Arabic form for Mauritania's nationality--> Mūrītāniyya'a), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa.
		Politics in Mauritania have always been determined by personalities and tribes more than ideologies, with any leader's ability to exercise political power dependent upon control over resources; perceived ability and integrity; and tribal, ethnic, family, and personal considerations.
		Mauritania and Madagascar are the only two countries in the world not to use decimal-based currency.
	en.pediax.org /Mauritania (2516 words)

	mauritania - Mixcat Interactive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Politics of Mauritania takes place in a framework of a military ruled republic, whereby the Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy is both head of state and head of government...
		Mauritania is beyond doubt the most dramatic country in North Africa, and one of the few remaining areas of the world which offers a feeling of medieval lifestyles.
		Mauritania Mauritania, an impoverished nation spanning the vast, semi-arid Sahel between North and sub-Saharan Africa, was the site of a military coup in August 2005.
	www.mixcat.com /search.php?q=mauritania (337 words)

	Economist.com
		Opposition politicians have argued that these independent candidates were encouraged to stand by the military-transitional government and to be loyal to the political elite from which figures in both the current government and the Ould Taya regime were drawn.
		The executive has traditionally been the most powerful arm of government, and despite the political reforms that are meant to engineer a transition from authoritarian rule to a more freely functioning democracy, the president is still expected to be the dominant political force until political reforms become more firmly established.
		The balance of advantages is probably tipped slightly towards the candidate with the backing of the powerful political elite, but the poll is very open (particularly by the standards of Mauritania, which suffered years of one-party or military rule).
	economist.com /daily/news/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=8835329 (615 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Mauritania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Despite the establishment of multiparty politics in Mauritania in 1991, executive recruitment remains highly authoritarian in nature.
		Mauritania is a highly authoritarian polity dominated by President Taya and his Parti Republican Democratique et Social (PRDS).
		Contributing to the poor human rights record in Mauritania are the long-standing ethnic rivalries between the Arab-speaking white Moors (consisting of 30% of the total population) who dominate the upper echelons of government, the fl Moors (40%) and the fl Mauritanians (30%).
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Maa1.htm (505 words)

	Mauritania : Moktar Ould Daddah
		His politics were authoritarian but allowed some public participation.
		The economy of Mauritania saw little progress through his years in office, he remained most of the time strongly dependent on French aid.
		What brought an end to his regime, was great dissatisfaction with Mauritania's war in Western Sahara against Polisario, as many Mauritanians sympathized with their cause.
	www.mauritania-today.com /anglais/history/heads-of-state/moktar-ould-daddah.htm (480 words)

	National Alliance of Gang Investigators' Associations
		Mauritania's last presidential election, its third since adopting the democratic process in 1992, took place on November 7, 2003.
		Mauritania is eligible for U.S. trade benefits under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), but did not export any products to the US under these benefits during the first half of 2003 (last available data).
		Mauritania formally opened diplomatic relations with Israel in 2000 and remains one of only three Arab League member-nations to have done so.
	www.nagia.org /international/Mauritania.htm (2196 words)

	Moktar Ould Daddah
		In many cases public participation was however expressed through strikes and demonstrations, and in the late 1960's the country was on the verge of civil war.
		The economy of Mauritania saw little progress through his years in office, he remained most of the time strongly dependent on French aid.
		What brought an end to his regime, was great dissatisfaction with Mauritania's war in Western Sahara against Polisario, as many Mauritanians sympathized with their cause.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/ould_daddah.htm (483 words)

	Mauritania - Postwar Reforms
		Before 1946 the territory of Mauritania formed one electoral unit with Senegal, which was represented by a single senator in the French Senate.
		In the face of growing nationalism and the development of a political consciousness in the AOF, the Loi-Cadre ended the integrationist phase of French colonial policy and bestowed a considerable degree of internal autonomy on the overseas territories.
		In Mauritania that person was Moktar Ould Daddah, the country's only lawyer and a member of a prominent pro-French clerical family.
	countrystudies.us /mauritania/14.htm (764 words)

	Mauritania-Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Coalition Against Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan - Brings together all races, creeds, and nationalities to collectively fight for the eradication of the chattel enslavement of fl Africans.
		Scenes From Mauritania - Series of picture on Mauritania from American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a civil rights organization committed to defending the rights of people of Arab descent and promoting their rich cultural heritage.
		USCR: Mauritania - US Committee for Refugees (USCR) defends the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced persons worldwide regardless of their nationality, race, religion, ideology or social group.
	www.arabinfoseek.com /mauritania-government.htm (128 words)

	Mauritania: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Mauritania was first inhabited by fls and Berbers, and it was a center for the Berber Almoravid movement in the 11th century, which sought to spread Islam through western Africa.
		Mauritania became an independent nation on Nov. 28, 1960, and was admitted to the United Nations in 1961 over the strenuous opposition of Morocco, which claimed the territory.
		Mauritania: Economy - Economy Mauritania's economy is sharply divided between a traditional agricultural sector and a...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107771.html (1072 words)

	Newsvine - mauritania
		The junta that took control of Mauritania two years ago held promised elections Sunday but some residents were not hopeful for lasting democracy with a former dictator and a failed coup leader on the ballot.
		To Mauritania's men, fat is sexy, so women resort to force-feeding and steroid use in pursuit of obesity.
		Spanish diplomats made an emergency trip to Mauritania on Thursday to discuss measures for stemming a record flow of illegal African migrants to the Canary Islands that has led to at least 25 deaths this week.
	www.newsvine.com /mauritania (883 words)

	History of Mauritania
		A schism developed between those who consider Mauritania to be an Arab country (mainly Moors) and those who seek a dominant role for the Sub-Saharan peoples.
		Conflict between white Moor, fl Moor, and non-Moor ethnic groups, centering on language, land tenure, and other issues, continues to be the dominant challenge to national unity.
		By April 1992, as civilian rule returned, 16 major political parties had been recognized; 12 major political parties were active in 2004.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/mauritania.html (669 words)

	Mauritania Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Mauritania is venturing through towns blanketed in sand, crossing moon-like plateaus, taking camel treks across dunes, travelling the longest, dustiest train in the world and gazing at ancient Saharan architecture.
		This sleepy date-palm oasis, once a splendid Saharan trading city, is the seventh holiest city of Islam and is situated at the edge of fat, rolling dunes that fill the horizon.
		It's Mauritania's biggest tourist destination, mainly because it's the most accessible of the desert towns, with the most to see, and a popular starting point for desert treks.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/africa/mauritania?v=print (2280 words)

	Mauritania (07/95)
		From July 1978 to April 1992, Mauritania was governed by a military junta.
		Political parties, illegal during the military period, were legalized again in 1991, as a sign of democratic reform.
		The ethnic conflict that troubled Mauritania in the late 1980s and early 1990s has lessened, although political parties still reflect the country's social division.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/m/6149.htm (1074 words)

	Mauritania
		Mauritania's last presidential election, its third since adopting the democratic process in 1992, took place on November 7, 2003.
		Currently, 21 political parties are recognized, and several other parties have applied to the transitional government for recognition.
		Mauritania is eligible for U.S. trade benefits under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), but did not export any products to the US under these benefits during the first half of 2003 (last available data).
	www.infoplease.com /country/profiles/mauritania.html (1424 words)

	afrol News - Mauritania state media praised for election coverage
		After its second week of monitoring domestic coverage of Mauritania's presidential election, the Paris-based media watchdog Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) said it was "pleased to report that the public media are covering the campaigns of all 19 candidates fairly."
		The French press freedom activists are monitoring the electoral coverage of the public media from 24 February until the end of the presidential election.
		The public media had been chosen because they are subject to Mauritania's electoral law, which guarantees equal access to all the candidates and parties participating.
	www.afrol.com /articles/24732 (498 words)

	Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania
		The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa.
		On August 3, 2005, it was reported that the Mauritanian military, including members of the presidential guard, had seized control of key points in the capital of Nouakchott, indicating a possible coup against the government of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya who was out of the country, attending the funeral of Saudi King Fahd.
		The coup was condemned by most world authorities, but local political parties express hope that the Military Council will remain true to its word, and end its leadership after two years — hopefully leading to a democratic government.
	www.naturemagics.com /world-guide/Mauritania.shtm (2793 words)

	Mauritania Post
		Mauritania Geography 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography,...
		NOUAKCHOTT: Lawyers defending 181 alleged coup plotters in the largest-ever trial in the northwest African state of Mauritania announced Tuesday they would boycott court sessions until one of their colleagues...
		The State WAD NAGA, Mauritania - Guarding defendants behind artillery batteries and thousands of troops, coup-...
	archive.wn.com /2004/11/24/1400/mauritaniapost (633 words)

	The Arabist » Mauritania
		Mauritania — yes, the poor, backward, drought-stricken, desert state of Mauritania — has voted for constitutional amendments in a national referendum that imposes term limits on the presidency.
		The Military Council has promised to organise a return to legitimate institutions within a reasonable timetable: a constitutional referendum is scheduled for 26 June 2006, municipal and legislative elections for 19 November 2006, and senatorial and presidential elections for 11 March 2007.
		Political parties are consulted; the electoral calendar is neither too short (which would have prevented parties from organising) nor too long.
	arabist.net /archives/category/mauritania (845 words)

	Arabic News Weekly Edition for Mauritania, 11/1/1999
		The government of Mauritania on Thursday announced that it has decided to sever its diplomatic relations with Iraq, accusing Baghdad of preparing for "acts of destruction" in its territories after raising the level of diplomatic representation between Nouakchott and Tel Aviv into the ambassadorial level.
		Mauritania declared its fear of sabotage against its interests as a result of opening an embassy in Tel Aviv, and it accused Baghdad of preparing for these acts.
		Mauritania rejected foreign and local criticism against its decision to establishg complete diplomatic relations with Israel.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Weekly/Mauritania/19991101.html (459 words)

	SAHARAN VIBE: Mauritania
		Mauritania, three times the size of Arizona, is situated in north west Africa with about 350 miles (592 km) of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
		Mauritania was first inhabited by fls and Berbers, and it was a center for the Berber Almoravid movement in the 11th century, which sought to spread Islam throughout western Africa.
		From the arts, the culture, entertainment, politics join me on a safari as we explore a remarkable people and their distinctive way of life and in the celebration of African life.
	saharanvibe.blogspot.com /search/label/Mauritania (964 words)

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