Mauritania

AP News - 564 days ago
Mauritania
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, center, meets with Sidi Ould Tah, left, Mauritanian minister of economic affairs and development and Michel Vandepoorter, French ambassador to Mauritania, in Nouakchott, Mauritania Monday, July 26, 2010. Kouchner left later Monday for three-nation visit to Mali, Mauritania and Niger to discuss security measures for French citizens in those regions. A 78-year-old ailing French aid worker was executed "in cold blood" by al-Qaida's North African branch three months after his capture, in retaliation for a failed rescue attempt that killed six militants, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.(AP Photo/Ahmed Mohammed)