Thatcher's son avoids jail in plot
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PRETORIA -- Sir Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, avoided jail and agreed to pay a $500,000 fine yesterday after pleading guilty for what he called his unwitting role in a failed plot last year to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, a tiny, oil-rich West African nation long ruled by a dictator.
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The wild tale of Mark Thatcher -- Margaret's son -- who is accused of helping to finance an African coup plot
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Equatorial Guinea and South Africa are discussing the possibility of extraditing Mark Thatcher, son of the former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, accused of bankrolling a coup plot in Malabo, an official said.
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Mark Thatcher, arrested in South Africa last week on suspicion of financing an attempted coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, was released from house arrest Friday after posting 2 million rand bail.
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Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was distressed to learn her son Mark had been arrested in South Africa and charged with funding a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea but was confident he would be found innocent, her spokesman said.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - The son of former  British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was planning to leave  South Africa before his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a  coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, police said  Thursday.
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Equatorial Guinea and South Africa have begun talks to extradite Mark Thatcher, the son of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, under house arrest in Cape Town on suspicion he bankrolled a coup plot in Malabo, an official said.
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Mark Thatcher, multi-millionaire businessman and son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, had planned to flee South Africa shortly before he was arrested on charges of being involved in a coup plot to overthrow the government of the central
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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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South African authorities arrested the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday in connection with a failed plot to overthrow Equatorial Guinea&#39;s president, while the top suspect in the bungled coup was probed about his links to
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was arrested Wednesday and charged with helping to finance a foiled plot to overthrow the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.    Thatcher, a 51-year-old businessman who has lived in South Africa since 2002, was arrested at his Cape Town home shortly after 7 a.m...
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CAPE TOWN: Mark Thatcher, who was arrested early yesterday for an alleged role in a coup plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, and his twin sister Carol are the only children of Lady Thatcher and Denis Thatcher.
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Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, was preparing to flee South Africa when he was arrested and charged with bankrolling a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, the This Day newspaper said.
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Sir Mark Thatcher was planning a move from South Africa to Texas when he was arrested over the alleged involvement in a coup plot, a South African prosecutor said today.
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Sir Mark Thatcher has been charged over an alleged coup to oust the president of Equatorial Guinea, prosecutors have confirmed. The son of Baroness Thatcher, the former Prime Minister, is accused of having
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Description: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher&#39;s son -- Mark Thatcher -- has been given a conditional release by a court hearing charges that he helped plot a coup in Africa.
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Mark Thatcher, the son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has been arrested in South Africa on suspicion of involvement in a mercenary plot against the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.