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Mauritania's military junta names prime minister

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  • Leaders of last week's coup name former ambassador as prime minister
  • Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf was ambassador to Belgium
  • Three-quarters of Parliament signed a declaration supporting the August 6 coup
  • United States, France have cut off their aid to Mauritania in protest
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