mauritanian troops 'seize media'

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Mauritanian troops 'seize media'

Mauritanian troops have surrounded the state radio and television station in the capital Nouakchott, reports say.
Troops have been deployed in the streets of the capital and are blocking its main routes, witnesses say.

President Maaouiya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya is out of the country attending the funeral of former Saudi King Fahd.

Rebel soldiers came close to toppling Mr Taya in June 2003 before loyalist forces regained control. The government says it foiled two attempts in 2004.

"All the army is in the streets. It's blocking the roads to the presidency and the main routes through town," a civil servant told Reuters news agency.