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France 24 -
22 Dec 2008
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed reports of Mauritanian President Sidi Ould Sheikh Abdallahi's release from house arrest Sunday. But he said the military junta must go further and called for a restoration of "constitutional order".
France 24 -
21 Dec 2008
Mauritania's ousted president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who was deposed in an Aug. 6 coup, has been freed from house arrest. Before his release, Abdallahi said he would refuse to join talks organised by the ruling military junta for Dec. 27.
France 24 -
13 Dec 2008
Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, head of Mauritania's military junta who seized power after ousting Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (photo) in August, has promised to release the imprisoned president by December 24, according to a senior African diplomat.
WorldNews.com -
08 Dec 2008
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani hopes David Beckham will extend his stay with the Rossoneri once he has settled in at the San Siro. The England midfielder will officially join the Rossoneri on a...
WorldNews.com -
08 Dec 2008
Nouakchott - An unprecedentedly high level of bail has been set for Mauritania's former prime minister, ousted in a recent coup and facing trial in two cases of corruption, legal sources said Sunday. Bail of $396 000 was set for defendants in a case involving Air Mauritania, while bail in another case involving the sale of spoiled rice was set at five million ouguiyas. Sources close to the case denounced the level of bail in the first case, which they said was the highest ever set by a Mauritanian court and said an appeal was being considered. Former prime minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf was charged last month along with four other defendants of having deliberately driven Air Mauritania into...
WorldNews.com -
08 Dec 2008
RiËtte Olivier, Die Burger Uitenhage - The December school holidays started on a tragic note for four friends when a trench excavator crashed through a lounge wall, crushing one of them. Charmonique Sana, 16, of Uitenhage High School was killed instantly. The excavator swerved for a car on Falcon Street, Rosedale, drove through a yard fence and came to a standstill in Phillip Rossouw's lounge at about 07:00 on Sunday morning. Charmonique and three friends, DeidrÉ Rossouw, 22, her sister, Elzaan, 14, and Annalice Prins, 18, were sleeping in the lounge. A few hours after the horror accident, a shocked Elzaan said she was woken up by a noise and the next moment just saw bricks come tumbling...