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Mauritania gears up for elections

Mauritania is gearing up for its first presidential election since a military coup in August 2008.

The man who led that coup, Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, is seen as the front-runner, along with veteran opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah.

Russell Trott reports.

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