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Mauritanian police use tear gas to break up anti-coup protest
Mauritanian police on Thursday broke up a protest by hundreds of people against an army coup in the West African nation which has been internationally condemned despite a junta promise to hold new elections. The EU called for the release of President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the country's first democratically elected leader.
Posted by: Fred 2008-08-09
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=246526