http://factsabouth1n1.com/topic/mauritania2010-08-25T04:15:40Z2010-04-16T11:49:14ZAFP Global Editiontag:factsabouth1n1.com,2010-04-16:/australia-saudi-arabia-set-new-swine-flu-measures-560290a/

<div><p><a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a> prepared to ratchet up its swine flu alert Sunday and <a title="Saudi Arabia" href="/topic/Saudi+Arabia" >Saudi Arabia</a> made plans to guard against the pandemic's spread during pilgrimages to Muslim holy sites as cases worldwide neared 30,000.</p><p>Three days after the <a title="World Health Organization" href="/topic/World+Health+Organization" >World Health Organization</a> declared a global pandemic, Saudi junior health mi...

2010-04-16T11:49:26ZAFP Global Editiontag:factsabouth1n1.com,2010-04-16:/saudi-reports-new-swine-flu-cases-560065a/

<div><p><a title="Saudi Arabia" href="/topic/Saudi+Arabia" >Saudi Arabia</a> reported three new swine flu cases on Sunday as government officials said they were making plans to guard against the disease during pilgrimages to Muslim holy sites.</p><p>A <a title="Mauritania" href="/topic/Mauritania" >Mauritanian</a> arriving from <a title="Canada" href="/topic/Canada" >Canada</a> and a Saudi brother and sister were diagnosed with the A(H1N1) virus, the health ministry announced, taking to 12 the n...

2010-08-25T04:15:40ZAP Newstag:factsabouth1n1.com,2010-08-25:/photo/mauritania_bomb-2335608p/

Map locates Nema, <a title="Mauritania" href="/topic/Mauritania" >Mauritania</a>, where a suicide bomb attempt was foiled<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2010&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /></div>...

2010-07-27T04:00:24ZAP Newstag:factsabouth1n1.com,2010-07-27:/photo/mauritania-2322280p/

<a title="Bernard Kouchner" href="/topic/Bernard+Kouchner" >French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner</a>, center, meets with Sidi Ould Tah, left, <a title="Mauritania" href="/topic/Mauritania" >Mauritanian</a> minister of economic affairs and development and <a title="Michel Vandepoorter" href="/topic/Michel+Vandepoorter" >Michel Vandepoorter</a>, French ambassador to Mauritania, in <a title="Nouakchott" href="/topic/Nouakchott" >Nouakchott</a>, Mauritania Monday, July 26, 2010. Kouchner left la...

2010-04-05T21:47:12ZAP Newstag:factsabouth1n1.com,2010-04-05:/photo/aptopix-mauritania-election-1414375p/

<a title="Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz" href="/topic/Mohamed+Ould+Abdel+Aziz" >Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz</a>, left, speaks to the press shortly after being declared the victor in the previous day's presidential election, in central <a title="Nouakchott" href="/topic/Nouakchott" >Nouakchott</a>, <a title="Mauritania" href="/topic/Mauritania" >Mauritania</a> Sunday, July 19, 2009. Nearly a year after seizing power in a military putsch that ousted Mauritania's first freely elected leader, Aziz won th...

2010-04-06T00:23:02ZAP Newstag:factsabouth1n1.com,2010-04-06:/photo/mauritania-elections-1406125p/

<a title="Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz" href="/topic/Mohamed+Ould+Abdel+Aziz" >Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz</a>, a coup leader turned presidential candidate, casts his vote at a polling station in central <a title="Nouakchott" href="/topic/Nouakchott" >Nouakchott</a>, <a title="Mauritania" href="/topic/Mauritania" >Mauritania</a>, Saturday, July 18, 2009. A former military general who ousted this Islamic nation's first freely elected president is vying to become its legitimate ruler in elections Satu...

2010-04-06T00:41:17ZAP Newstag:factsabouth1n1.com,2010-04-06:/photo/aptopix-mauritania-elections-1405175p/

Girls stand near a house built on top of a dune in the poor neighborhood of Hay Sakin, in <a title="Nouakchott" href="/topic/Nouakchott" >Nouakchott</a>, <a title="Mauritania" href="/topic/Mauritania" >Mauritania</a> Friday July 17, 2009. Last year's coup leader, <a title="Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz" href="/topic/Mohamed+Ould+Abdel+Aziz" >Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz</a>, campaigning as "The President of the Poor," is popular in Hay Sakin, where he granted land rights to long-term residents during ...