Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) has rejected the 'road map' d rawn up by the military government in Mauritania, describing it as ''unconstitutional and unilateral'' In a statement issued here on Monday, the EU said under such circumstances, it c ould not send observers to the African nation to monitor its planned elections
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritius on Monday publ ished the latest exchange rates of the country's local currency, the rupee, against so me foreign currencies
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Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Libyan leader and Chairman of the African Union ( AU), Mouammar Kadhafi Sunday met with officials of the AU Commission (AUC) on pe a ce and security issues in the African continent at the AU headquarters in Addis A baba, Ethiopia
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The summer time, during which the clock had been fastened by one hour since 26 October, will end in Mauritius 3 a
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), opposed to the 6 August coup in Mauritania has listed conditions for Sen e galese President Abdoulaye Wade to successfully mediate and find a solution to t h e political crisis in the country
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A new session of the Mauritian parliament is sche duled to open on Tuesday in Port-Louis, a PANA correspondent has learnt from off i cial sources
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Floréal- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Wedn esday suggested the restructuring of the national health service “through the re c ruitment of professional managers to manage Mauritian hospitals"
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Six Iraqis, detained in Mauritius since last Nove mber, were released Thursday on bail following the intervention of the UN High C o mmission for Refugees (UNHCR) which offered them the status of refugees Wednesda y , PANA learnt from a judicial source
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Six Iraqis, who have been languishing in Mauritia n jail, since their arrival in November 2008, were Wednesday granted refugee sta t us under the initiative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN H CR), PANA learnt from their lawyer in the Mauritian capital
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's national male handball team has started preparations for an international tournament to be held in Bamako, Mali, from 4 April
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The political situation is "abnormal" in Madagasc ar in view of events that occurred in the country in the last three months, Maur i tius Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell declared Monday evening
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Rose Belle Sugar Estate in southern Mauritius and the Singapore-based Vita Grain PTE Ltd Tuesday signed an agreement for the s etting up of a hybrid rice seed industry in the island that will cater for the n e eds of Mauritius and the other islands in the Indian Ocean, PANA reports
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Citing the African charter on democracy, electio ns and good governance, the president of the Rally of Democratic Forces of Mauri t ania (RFD), Ahmed Ould Daddah, Monday insisted that the leader of the Mauritania n military junta can not present himself as candidate in the next presidential el e ction in the country
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Curepipe Starlight remained atop the Mauritian fi rst division football championship, even though it did not play in the 18th roun d this past weekend
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Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- ECOWAS Foreign Ministers have directed ECOWAS to work wi th the international community, including the United Nations, towards the deployment of military and police contingents to ensure the protecti on of republican institutions, VIPs and the electoral process in Guinea Bissau
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Bishop Maurice Piat of Port-Louis has said he app roved of the position of the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, on c ondoms, a statement issued in the Mauritian capital Friday indicated
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A total of 168 people were killed, 517 seriously injured and 2,746 were slightly injured, in accidents that occurred on the roads of the Mauritian island in 2008, according to the Central Statistics Office
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Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Uni on (AU) Friday suspended Madagascar, as a consequence of former Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina's forceful takeove r of the country's presidency
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Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council of the African Uni on (AU) Friday suspended Madagascar's membership, after former Antananarivo Mayo r Andry Rajoelina took over the country's presidency forcefully
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The regional director and program manager of the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) to the Middle East and the Maghreb, Leslie Campbell, has warned the Mauritania junta against embarking on a unilateral electoral process in the contest of the forthcoming presidential election in the African nation
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Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A meeting was held Thursday in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to give serious thought to the situation in Guinea Bissau
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New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council says it will strengthen partnership with the African Union (AU) to enhance the organisation's peacekeeping capacity
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Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau National Assembly Speaker, Raimondo Pereira, Wednesday evening in Tripoli had an audience with Libyan leader and Chairman of the African Union (AU), Mouammar Kadhafi, during which he gave him an overview of the political situation in his country as well as the ongoing moves to review the constitution and organise a presidential election
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Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Abou Al Abbass Ould Brahim, a Mauritanian journalist, ar rested and detained by Police 15 March for allegedly criticizing the military ju n ta in the country, has been released without being charged to court, the sub-reg i onal press freedom body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), said in a stat e ment received by PANA Thursday
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Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The programme drawn up by Guinea Bissau's Prime M inister Carlos Gomes Junior has been approved by the country's parliament
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian head of State, General Mohamed O uld Abdel Aziz, on Wednesday held talks with the Qatari minister of State, Cheik h Hamad Ben Nasser Ben Jassem Al Thani
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Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau, Carlos Gomes Junior, is considering contesting as a candidate of the African Party for the I n dependence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC, ruling party) in the presiden t ial election scheduled to be held in two months, PANA learnt from a reliable sou r ce
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Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The Council of Ministers of Guinea Bissau weekend approved, on the recommendation of the military hierarchy, the appointment of t h e deputy head of staff of the Navy, José Zamora Induta, to the post of head of s t aff (CEMGAFA), PANA was informed Monday by an official source
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Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) Monday called on the political forces in Madagascar to engage in dialogue to solve the political impasse that has been raging in the Indian Ocean Island for the last three months
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Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the Afric an Union (AU) Monday called on the political forces in Madagascar to engage in d i alogue to solve the political impasse that has been raging in the Indian Ocean Island for the last three months
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) – African telecommuni-cations policy makers and regu lators are meeting in Mauritius 17-19 March to discuss key Internet governance i s sues with focus on country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD)
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Plaisance- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Austra lia, Ms Quentin Bryce, arrived in Mauritius Monday afternoon for a four-day offi c ial visit to the island, PANA reported
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates of the M auritian rupee against some foreign currencies, as published Monday by the Comme r cial Bank of Mauritius: Currency Buying Selling Australian Dollar 21
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- South African team Mamelodi Sundowns easily defe ated Mauritius team Association Sportive de Vacaos-Phoenix (ASVP) 3-0 on Sunday i n the first leg, second round match of the CAF champions league
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Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Abdallahi Ould Tfagha Moctar and Mohamed Lemine Ould Mou stapha, reporters with the Sahara Media, a Nouakchott-based independent newswire service, were arrested by personnel of Mauritania National Security for allegedl y filming the entrance to the Nouakchott civil prison, the sub-regional press fre e dom watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) said in a statement receiv e d here by PANA Sunday
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Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's opposition Social Renovation Part y(PRS), Thursday reaffirmed its disagreement with what it considers a “quick nom i nation” of the current interim head of state, Raimundo Pereira, that took place 2 4 hours after the assassination of President Joao Bernardo Vieira
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New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations and African Union (AU) have launched a joint initiative to support an African plan to fight the traffic in illicit drug s and related criminal activity on the continent over the next five years
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Mauritanian government has approved the esta blishment of a new national airline called Mauritanian Airlines International (M A I), according to a press release issued on Thursday night
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Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Commercial Bank of Mauritus here on Friday published the exchange rates of some foreign currencies against the local rupee
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Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) and the Community of the S ahelian Saharan States(CENSAD) will carry out an inquiry into the recent assassi n ations of President Joao Bernardo Vieira and General Batista Tagm Na Wai, AU Cha i rman and Libyan leader Muammar Khadafi, said here Friday
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Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African Union’s top security organ, the Peace and Security Council (PSC), has asked for a speedy conclusion of a sanctions list targeting groups and individuals troubling the Somali government, so the sanctions can be enforced
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD), a coalition of political parties opposed to the 6 August coup in Maurita n ia, strongly denounced the comments by Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, who is m e diating in the Mauritanian crisis, on democracy and elections
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The vice president of the Union of Democratic Fo rces (RFD), the main opposition party in Mauritania, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Lematt , has rejected the electoral calendar proposed by military authorities, in power s ince the 6 August coup
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi and Mauritian lea der General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz laid the foundation stone of the five-star ho t el “Al-Fateh” on Wednesday in Nouakchott
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Libyan revolutionary leader and incumbent chairm an of the African Union (AU) Mouamar Khadafi on Wednesday urged the Mauritanian p eople to work together to find a way out of crisis in a bid to preserve the stab i lity and the tranquillity
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Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- The Acting President of Guinea Bissau Raimundo Pereira, on Tuesday described, the assassinations of the President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira and the Chief of Defence Staff Lieutenant General Batista Tagmé N a Waié, as “sheer affront to the institutions of the Republic”
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) – The Libyan leader -Mouammar Kadhafi on Tuesday af firmed the universality of Islam and said the Bible had been falsified with vers e s referring to Prophet Ahmad removed
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Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA)- – The Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi on Tuesday th rew his weight behind the Islamic calendar and urged all Islamic Umma to adopt i t
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Pailles- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam and visitin g Botswana President Seretse Ian Khama, at a banquet at the Swami Vivekananda Co n vention Centre at Pailles, near Port-Louis, have condemned any attempt to overth r ow the democratically-elected government in Madagascar
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