Du Toit recruited for coup
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Alleged mercenary leader Nick du Toit told a court here on Monday that he had recruited personnel and taken charge of logistics for an attempted coup bid in Equatorial Guinea.
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Friday marks the deadline for radical groups, thought to be planning a coup, to turn themselves in.
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A party that supports the former prime minister who won the parliamentary election appeared to be ahead of one backed by the generals who ousted him in a coup.
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Ministers are asked how they knew about an alleged African coup plot weeks before mercenaries were arrested for planning it.
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MALABO, Equatorial Guinea - Hatched by Old Etonians and other members of the British political and financial elite, an alleged scheme to seize control of this oil-rich nation was no ordinary African coup plot, according to witnesses and prosecutors.
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BERLIN, Oct. 7 -- As part of its stealth effort to evade U.N. sanctions and rebuild its military, the Iraqi government under President Saddam Hussein found that it had no shortage of people around the world who were willing to help. Among them: a French arms dealer known only as "Mr. Claude," who made a surreptitious visit to Iraq four years ago to provide technical expertise and training.
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By Jude Webber LIMA, Peru  - Peru on Monday appointed a top legalofficial to bolster the government's side in terrorism casesafter Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman made a mockery of aretrial last week in a publicity coup for the Marxist group.
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A man convicted of leading an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea has been sentenced to 34 years in jail. South African Nick du Toit escaped the death penalty.
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It was no simple matter, in the midst of mob demonstrations and machete attacks on foreigners in Ivory Coast last week, for a Westerner to keep an appointment with President Laurent Gbagbo.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi officials thought they had the king of clubs. Yesterday morning, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman announced the capture of one of Iraq's most wanted men, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a confidant of Saddam Hussein and the highest-ranking regime official at large.
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Ministers are facing questions about how they knew about an alleged coup plot in Africa weeks before mercenaries were arrested for planning it.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A band of former soldiers took over ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide&#39;s former home early Wednesday and said they would use it to provide security in the neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital.
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The senior officer in charge on the day Jean Charles de Menezes was shot dead by police is to be promoted.
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Few people expected Thailand's political crisis to lead to a coup. But when the military made its move to take over the government Tuesday, it came as no surprise that Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin was in charge.
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Equatorial Guinea&#39;s attorney-general made a shock announcement on Monday that he would seek the death penalty for South African Nick du Toit, the leader of a group of alleged
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Â· Broadcast from France aims at return to power Â· Former dictator blamed for thousands of deaths
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French police on Thursday were holding five men believed to be members of a logistical support cell for the Al-Qaeda's branch in the Maghreb, a source close to the case said.