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August 10, 2005
U.S. Drops Demand That Taya Be Restored to Power
The Bush Administration has "dropped its demand that the ousted Mauritanian president be restored" and said on Tuesday [August 9, 2005] it was now dealing with the coup's leaders to persuade them to find a constitutional transition of power," according to Reuters.
State Department spokesman Adam Ereli told reporters August 9, 2005: "The guys running the country right now are the guys we're dealing with because they're the ones making the decisions and we are trying to get them to make the right decision." Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 10, 2005 01:45 AM
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