Zimbabwe &#39;mercenaries&#39; trial sheds little light on coup plot
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HARARE : Sixty-eight suspected mercenaries including former British soldier Simon Mann begin serving jail sentences this week in Zimbabwe on various convictions related to an alleged plot to stage a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s security went on high alert Friday ahead of a verdict in the treason trial of popular opposition leader Morgan Tsavangirai.
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South African police have filed charges of violating anti-mercenary laws against two men acquitted by a Zimbabwe court of involvement in an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
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A Zimbabwe judge is to hand down sentences on Friday against the alleged mastermind of a coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, Briton Simon Mann, and 67 other suspected mercenaries who were convicted two weeks ago.
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A trial is underway for 14 suspected mercenaries accused of plotting to topple the Government of Equatorial Guinea, an oil-rich country in west Africa.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe  - Zimbabwe's High Court Friday  acquitted opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on charges of  plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, saying the  state had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
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ZIMBABWEâS security forces have been put on high alert in the capital, Harare, ahead of todayâs ruling in the treason trial of the popular opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who could face the death sentence if found guilty.
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London - Britain knew about an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea at least five weeks before a team of mercenaries was nabbed in Zimbabwe as they prepared to carry it out, the Observer newspaper reported on Sunday.
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The trial of suspected mercenaries accused of plotting a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea resumed with a defence lawyer saying the only defendant to have admitted to a minor role in the alleged putsch would spectacularly change his testimony.
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Malabo - The trial of 18 men charged with plotting to oust Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema went into a fourth day on Thursday, with an Armenian pilot accused of being a hired gun for the coup bid giving evidence.
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan  Tsvangirai was acquitted on Friday of plotting to assassinate  President Robert Mugabe and seize power, a verdict he said may  boost prospects for national reconciliation.
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Financiers in Europe and Africa were behind a plot to overthrow the government of Africa&#39;s No. 3 oil producer, an accused ringleader testified Monday at the
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The verdict in Zimbabwe&#39;s treason trial of Morgan Tsvangirai is expected today. Tsvangirai, the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), faces a possible death penalty if found guilty.
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PRETORIA -- A judge yesterday acquitted Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason charges in a Harare courtroom, surprising even the defendant, who expected a conviction orchestrated by the government of President Robert Mugabe.
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The leader of Zimbabwe&#39;s largest opposition party was acquitted of treason charges Friday by a High Court in Harare. The judge said there was not enough credible evidence to convict the politician, Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Accusations of Libyan and Burkina Faso involvement in an alleged coup plot in Mauritania are rejected.
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HARARE: Former British special forces soldier Simon Mann, who allegedly led a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, was sentenced last night to seven years in prison for trying to buy weapons from Zimbabwe&#39;s state arms manufacturer.