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Court refuses to dismiss case against Ould Daddah

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    A court in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, has rejected a defence motion for the dismissal of the charges against opposition leaders Ahmed Ould Daddah and Mohameden Ould Babah, AFP reported.

    Defence lawyers had argued that the charges were not based on fact.

    The two men were charged of disrupting public order after they accused the government of agreeing to accept Israeli nuclear waste in Mauritania and face up to five years in prison if found guilty.

    The two members of the Union des forces democratiques, which Ould Daddah chairs, were initially arrested in December 1998 and held under house arrest in the desert before their release on 17 January.

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