Equatorial Guinea: Mercenary avoided death penalty
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A former apartheid soldier-turned-mercenary avoided the death penalty at a sentencing here Friday, but still received a 34-year prison term for trying to overthrow the government of this oil-rich West African nation.
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Nick du Toit, the 48-year-old South African mercenary who was one of the organisers of a plot allegedly financed by British businessmen to overthrow the government of Equatorial
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Three men who admitted violating South Africaâs anti-mercenary laws for their role in an failed coup in Equatorial Guinea were ordered to pay fines or go to prison today.
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Simon Mann, the British soldier-of-fortune accused of masterminding a botched coup last March against Equatorial Guinea&#39;s ruler, was sentenced to seven years in prison
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Ex-SAS officer Simon Mann is convicted of attempting to buy arms for an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
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Lawyers for a British alleged mercenary, who Equatorial Guinea wants to extradite, say he could face torture.
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MALABO : The prosecutor in the case of South African alleged mercenary leader Nick du Toit, who has admitted a limited role in a coup bid in Equatorial Guinea, called for him to be sentenced to death.
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Briton Simon Mann, accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, is shown on TV, apparently in good health.
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A Zimbabwean court found Briton Simon Mann guilty of attempting to illegally buy arms for an alleged coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea but absolved 66 other suspected mercenaries.
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SIR Mark Thatcher will not face the death penalty if he is extradited to Equatorial Guinea for trial over an alleged coup plot, its state prosecutor said yesterday.
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MADRID, Nov 11 (IPS) - The dictator of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang   Nguema, is stepping up suppression of opposition, while social  conditions in  the tiny West African nation are worsening, an  opposition leader told IPS on  his visit to Spain.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa A British mercenary whose career reads like a thriller faces sentencing today in a plot to overthrow the president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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CAPE TOWN A $275000 payment allegedly made by British businessman Mark Thatcher to one of the alleged mercenaries involved in the Equatorial Guinea attempted coup bid is set to be one of the key aspects of his pending trial.
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Tyrone Williams is one of 14 people accused of taking part in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt. But he's the only one who is black &#151; and he's the only one who faces the death penalty.
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The prosecutor in the trial of a group of suspected foreign mercenaries accused of plotting a putsch in Equatorial Guinea said he will call for the death penalty for the coup-plotters' alleged leader, South African Nick du Toit.
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Sir Mark Thatcher pleaded guilty Thursday to unwittingly helping to finance an foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea in exchange for a fine and a suspended jail sentence.
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The verdict in the trial of 14 foreign mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea is expected Friday.