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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Mauritania Severs Ties with Israel

Having already expelled the Israeli Embassy last year, Mauritania has now formally severed diplomatic relations with Israel. Once one of only three Arab countries to have full diplomatic relations (along with Egypt and Jordan), the present leadership has been moving towards the break for some time.

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