Britain knew of E. Guinea coup plot months in advance: report
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LONDON - The British government was given details of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, including the names of mercenaries and the expected date of the attack, months in advance, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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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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JOHANNESBURG - Mark Thatcher was preparing to flee South Africa when he was arrested and charged with bankrolling a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, investigators said yesterday.
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Investigators probing the backers of the alleged coup in Equatorial Guinea will discover this week what role - if any - disgraced Tory peer Lord Archer played in financing the plot that led to the arrest of Sir Mark Thatcher 11 days ago.
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Reports that UK Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to call a general election in February are ``speculation,&#39;&#39; a UK government spokesman said.
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The British government learned about an alleged plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in January this year, several weeks before suspects who
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The British government knew about the alleged plot to overthrow the President of Equatorial Guinea at least five weeks before a group of mercenaries was arrested in March for planning the coup.
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Reports that Britons kidnapped in  Ethiopia have been found are investigated by the Foreign Office.
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London - Britain started to plan the invasion of Iraq months before the conflict, even as Prime Minister Tony Blair was denying he was on a course for war, according to a report on Wednesday quoting a leaked Pentagon document.
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BRITISH Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has disclosed that his government knew about the alleged plot to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Obiang Nguema at least five weeks before mercenaries were arrested in March for planning the coup.
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The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an ex-race car driver whose business career has been dogged by accusations of questionable arms deals and shady ventures, was charged Wednesday with helping finance a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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British police said on Saturday they had   arrested 14 men in a major new anti-terrorism operation in the   capital just three weeks after uncovering a suspected plot to   bring down U.S.-bound airliners over the Atlantic.
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug 29  - The arrest of Mark Thatcher in South Africa over a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea is shining a spotlight on powerful members of the British elite who may have colluded to take over the oil-rich African country.
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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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The son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, an ex-race car driver whose business career has been dogged by accusations of questionable arms deals and shady ventures, was charged Wednesday with helping finance a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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Many EU countries were aware of secret CIA jails and transfers of terror suspects, a report by MEPs says.
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Pretoria - Nick du Toit and Simon Mann were the masterminds of a planned coup in Equatorial Guinea, and Sir Mark Thatcher, who has denied involvement, was financially implicated.