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| Mauritanian police use tear gas to break up anti-coup protest |
| 2008-08-09 |
| 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 |