U.N. regrets coup in Mauritania, wants order restored

UNITED NATIONS-U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for the immediate restoration of order in Mauritania, where soldiers overthrew the northwest African Islamic state's elected president."The secretary-general calls for respect for the rule of law and the immediate restoration of constitutional order in the country," a U.N. spokeswoman told reporters. She added that Ban regretted the coup.Mauritanian soldiers earlier overthrew President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the country's first democratically elected president, and announced the formation of a military junta.Mauritania is one of Africa's newest oil producers which also mines iron, copper and gold.

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