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Washington reaffirms its support to autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty 6/20/2008
United States President, Georges W. Bush, has confirmed that Morocco's initiative to grant substantial autonomy to its Southern Provinces -the Sahara- under the kingdom's sovereignty, is the only solution to the 32-year old dispute over the former Spanish colony, and insisted that an independent State, as claimed by the Algerian-backed separatist movement "Polisario", is not a realistic option.
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Kenya continues to support UNSC stance on Sahara issue 6/19/2008
The Republic of Kenya continues to support the UN Security Council's stance regarding the Sahara issue, affirmed, here Wednesday, visiting Kenyan Vice Prime Minister and Trade Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Charles Saint-Prot: Algerian theses on the Sahara "are no longer topical" 6/18/2008
The director of the french Observatory of Geopolitical Studies (OEG), Mr. Charles Saint-Prot, said that the Algerian theories concerning the Sahara "are no longer topical" and that "Algiers obstinacy puts the region in danger." Speaking on Monday in Paris, during a panel discussion under the theme: "Morocco facing the challenges of human development, modernity and globalization", organized by the Moroccan Section of the International Senior Movement, Mr. Saint-Prot, who discussed the concept of autonomy, regionalization and peace, noted that the historic claim of Morocco over the Sahara is legitimate in particular regarding the links it has always had with this region for centuries.
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Mr. Poniatowski deems 'inappropriate' organization of conference on Sahara in parliament 6/17/2008
The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission in the French parliament, Axel Poniatowski, deemed on Monday "inappropriate" the initiative by a French communist MP to organize a conference on the Moroccan Sahara in the Palais de Bourbon on Thursday.
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Amnesty International calls for putting on trial those who commit human rights abuses in Tindouf 6/13/2008
Amnesty International/Morocco called, on Thursday, for putting on trial those who committed grave human rights abuses in Tindouf camps, south-western Algeria.
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