Mauritania falls to al-Qaeda

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NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania’s new army rulers ordered the release on Sunday of around 20 Islamist activists who had been jailed by ousted President Maaouya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya for their alleged links with a group allied to al Qaeda.
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