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• Arab Bloggers Workshop: Twitter Reflections on Day One

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 708
  As the first day of the Second Annual Arab Bloggers Workshop comes to a close, well take a look at participants reflections from the whole day, to find out what they learned and how theyre feeling. The day started off with a bang, as Global Voices organizers Sami Ben Gharbia , Amira Al Hussaini , and our sponsors ...
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• Mauritania: Islamists kidnap 4 European aid workers

  
  Infidels Are Cool — Authority: 612
  Remember earlier this year in when an American teacher was killed  for “spreading Christianity”? Call it thuggery or criminality (which of course it is), but over-looking the fact that it was  Islamic related and driven by a religious ideology is beyond disingenuous.  This just proves once again the problem ...
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• Jihadists kidnap four European aid workers in Mauritania and Mali

  
  Jihad Watch — Authority: 735
  They can do this sort of thing with impunity, because one thing they can be sure of is that the Europeans will never stop giving the aid. "Al-Qaeda took French and Spanish hostages in Africa," from the BBC , December 8 (thanks to Twostellas): An offshoot of the al-Qaeda network has reportedly said its members ...
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• Al-Qaeda group claims kidnappings

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 598
  A spokesman claiming to represent al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings last month of four Europeans in Mali and Mauritania. The claim was made in an audiotape obtained by Al Jazeera on Tuesday. "Two units of the valiant mujahedeen managed to kidnap four ...
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• Nouakchott after the kidnapping

  
  Urban Sketchers — Authority: 447
   I went to El Mina to sketch at a metal sculpture workshop.  Sketched the children of five schools practicing at the French Cultural Center. Today I sketched a groupe of librarians beeing told about a exhibition on the environment at the French Culturel Center and Mamadou Anne, ...
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• U.N. envoy to lay out plans for Afghan aid effort

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 717
  Source: Reuters * U.N.s Eide wants more specialist help in Afghanistan * Committee needed to steer huge aid, development effort * Proposals to be put to NATO foreign ministers By Luke Baker BRUSSELS, Dec ...
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• Al-Qaeda suspected of kidnapping aid workers in Mauritania

  
  Gadling — Authority: 704
  Filed under: Africa , Mauritania , News The Spanish government fears that three Spanish aid workers kidnapped this week in Mauritania were taken by Al-Qaedas North African group. The three were taken by masked gunmen from their vehicle as it was driving in a caravan to deliver aid for the group ...
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• Arab World: Reactions to the Swiss Ban on Minarets

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 708
  On Sunday, November 29, 57.5% of Swiss voters approved a ban on the construction of new minarets atop mosques, paving the way for a constitutional amendment.  The referendum will affect the building of new minarets–not mosques–and will not effect Switzerlands four existing minarets. The ban has sparked mixed ...
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• Worldwide Hotel Deals

  
  Vacation Visitor Info Travel Deals — Authority: 143
  You will not find a better place to get a better hotel deal than right here! If you want to travel there, it has a hotel! If it has a hotel you will find the best deal here! You will get the best lodging price for rooms in Afghanistan , Albania , Algeria , American Samoa , Andorra , Angola , Anguilla , ...
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• The Visigoths in history and legend

  
  kalebeul — Authority: 461
  One of Spanish nationalisms numerous Achilles heels.
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• Spanish aid workers kidnapped

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Al-Qaida group suspected of kidnapping two men and a woman from Spanish NGO travelling in convoy Spains foreign ministry today confirmed that three Spanish aid workers have been kidnapped in Mauritania, probably by a group affiliated to al-Qaida that has been targeting westerners in recent years. The two men and a ...
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• Spain: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - Three Spanish volunteer aid workers were kidnapped by gunmen while delivering supplies to impoverished villages in the West African nation of Mauritania, their organization said Monday, and Spains interior minister said he suspected radical Islamists.
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• Al Qaeda may have kidnapped Spaniards: minister (Reuters)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  Reuters - Three Spanish aid workers who disappeared in Mauritania on Sunday appear to have been kidnapped by a group linked to al Qaeda, Spains Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said.
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• Tourists attacked, kidnapped in Mauritania

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 523
  NOUAKCHOTT — Three Spanish tourists were kidnapped on Sunday in northwestern Mauritania on the road linking the capital Nouakchott to the city of Nouadhibou, a Spanish diplomatic source said. read more
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• November 28 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 548
  On November 28: 1520 Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. 1582 William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway paid a £40 bond for their marriage licence. 1628   John Bunyan , ...
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• Mauritania marks National Day

  
  Holidays Around The World - Holidays Around The World — Authority: 429
  Mauritania National Day: November 28, 2009National Day is a public holiday in Mauritania.The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation or non-sovereign country. On November 28, 1960, Mauritania declared its independence. This nationhood can be symbolized by the date of ...
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• US Department of State statement / Sahrawi Activist Aminatou Haidar

  
  Database of Press Releases related to Africa — Authority: 493
  US Department of State statement / Sahrawi Activist Aminatou Haidar  WASHINGTON, November 27, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Ian KellyDepartment Spokesman The United States remains concerned about the health and well-being of Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar, recipient of the 2008 Robert F. Kennedy ...
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• Addendum I on Mauritanian and Algerian Islamists

  
  The Moor Next Door — Authority: 502
  My previous post regarding the role of Algerian Islamist parties in the post-Civil War period focused primarily on the functional and strategic role of such parties. This is also true of the previous posting on the Mauritanian Tawassoul. The conclusion of both of those posts was that the net affect of these parties, ...
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• The Environmental Issues – Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach.

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 112
  Nature and Animal Conservation        Preserving species and their habitats is important for ecosystems to self-sustain themselves. Yet, the pressures to destroy habitat for logging, illegal hunting, and other challenges are making conservation a struggle. Visit : http://www.globalissues.org/article/1… ...
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• The ultimate road trip: 12,500 miles across Africa on a motorcycle

  
  Gadling — Authority: 704
  Filed under: Africa , Botswana , Burkina , Burundi , Central African Republic , Chad , Kenya , Lesotho , Mali , Mauritania , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Niger , Rwanda , Sudan , Swaziland , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia , Zimbabwe , Spain , Budget Travel Thomas Tomczyk is serious about ...
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