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File photo of Mauritania's President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi giving a speech in Rosso
06 Aug 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Mauritania's President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi gives a speech in the southern border town of Rosso in this May 6, 2008 file photo. Presidential guardsmen seized Abdallahi in a coup d'etat on Wednesday, the president's daughter Amal Mint Cheikh Abdallahi said. Picture taken May 6, 2008.REUTERS/Vincent Fertey/Files (MAURITANIA)
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Supporters carry a poster of coup leader and former presidential guard chief Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott in this August 7, 2008 file photo. Daniel Magnowski, correspondent for ...


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