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| Qatar Offers Asylum to Mauritania's Taya |
| 2005-08-17 |
| Qatar has offered asylum to Mauritania's ousted President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya almost two weeks after he was overthrown in a bloodless coup, a Gambian official said yesterday. "Qatar has invited Taya to seek asylum there," said a Gambian official in the capital Banjul, where Taya is currently in temporary refuge. A Mauritanian diplomatic source also said Qatar had made an offer. Officials in Qatar were not available to comment. |
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