Guinea leader 'survives coup bid'
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Shots fired at a convoy carrying Guinea's president were an attempt to kill him, the  security minister says.
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The Ivory Coast prime minister survives a rocket attack on a plane he was travelling in, his New Forces group says.
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Sudan will not refuse to negotiate with a Darfur rebel group it has accused of involvement in a failed coup attempt in the capital, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said on Wednesday.
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Margaret Thatcher's son Mark remains under house arrest in South Africa, accused of being involved in an alleged coup in Equatorial Guinea.
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Mark Thatcher is likely to be questioned within days over his alleged involvement in an attempt coup in Equatorial Guinea. Prosecutors investigating a plot to oust President Teodoro Obiang Nguema have arrived
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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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London - Britain received a full outline of a plot to stage a coup d&#39;etat in Equatorial Guinea at least two months before it was nipped in the bud, the Observer newspaper reported on Sunday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez has survived a referendum to recall him, according to  preliminary results released by the country's top electoral  officer on Monday.
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An Equatorial Guinean court handed down prison terms to 22 foreign mercenaries and opposition leaders on Friday for their involvement in an alleged coup plot, but refused to impose death penalty on the leaders.
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez appeared almost certain to have survived a referendum that sought to oust him, the head of the elections commission said Monday.    With 94 percent of the vote counted, 58 percent voted to keep Chavez in office, said Francisco Carrasquero, president of the election commission...
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Simon Mann, the leader of the failed Equatorial Guinea coup attempt that led to the arrest of Sir Mark Thatcher, was last night facing up to 10 years in jail after being found guilty of attempting to possess dangerous weapons by a court in Zimbabwe.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Three Venezuelan government  ministers said on Monday President Hugo Chavez had easily  survived a referendum on whether to recall him but their  comments conflicted with heavy opposition hints they had won.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Three Venezuelan government  ministers said on Monday that President Hugo Chavez had easily  survived a referendum on whether to recall him but the comments  conflicted with opposition hints that they had won.
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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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South African arms dealer Nick du Toit, who has been linked to Sir Mark Thatcher, was jailed for 34 years in Equatorial Guinea today for his part in a failed coup.
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One of the rebels involved in the attacks on East Timor's two top leaders denies trying to assassinate them.
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The government of Equatorial Guinea is to sue a British man jailed last week for his part in an alleged coup plot there.