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Article: UN Security Council condemns military coup in Mauritania
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- August 19, 2008
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UN Security Council condemns military coup in Mauritania
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council
condemned on Tuesday the recent military coup in Mauritania which
overthrew the government led by President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh
Abdallahi.
In a nonbinding presidential statement, the 15-member condemned
"the Mauritanian military's overthrow of the democratically- elected
government of Mauritania."
The council "opposes any attempts to change governments through
unconstitutional means," the statement said.
The ...