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Thursday, October 30, 2008

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EU, N. Africa Conclude Naval Exercise ALGIERS — The European Union and North Africa have concluded a major naval exercise in the Mediterranean.

The navies of 10 Mediterranean states began an exercise on Oct. 20. The 10-day exercise was the first based in an organized by Algeria.

"The first part of the execises, led by Algeria, will be held in the Algiers port," Algerian Navy spokesman Lt. Col. Suleiman Defairi said. "The second part will be held in Italy."

The exercise was sponsored by the so-called 5+5 group. The group consists of five North African states -- Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia -- as well as five EU states. The EU states were identified as France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain.

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Mauritania, however, did not participate in the exercise. The North African state, rocked by a coup in August 2008, has been shunned by the EU and United States.

Officials said the exercise focused on interoperability and maritime security skills. They said this included operations to foil insurgency strikes and the flow of illegal immigrants from North Africa to Europe.



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