US &#39;surprised&#39; by Ethiopia move for death penalty in coup plot
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The United States expressed surprise Monday by an Ethiopian prosecutor&#39;s push for the death penalty for 38 opposition figures convicted of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
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Britain is &quot;never happy&quot; to see a military coup in a country, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said in a first reaction to the overthrow of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand.
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The United States said it was to set up a new US regional command to oversee military activities in Africa in a move reflecting US fears that some African nations may be harboring suspected terror groups.
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The killing of a Lebanon minister could be the first step in a coup, a top US diplomat tells the BBC.
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NIGERIA LAGOS -- The Nigerian government yesterday disclosed a foiled coup plot, charging four military officers and a civilian with conspiring to topple the government by shooting down a helicopter carrying President Olusegun Obasanjo. Major Hamza al-Mustapha, former chief of personal security to the late military dictator General Sani Abacha, and four others, were each charged with two counts of ...
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Dec. 12 -- An Ethiopian dictator known as "the butcher of Addis Ababa" was convicted of genocide Tuesday in a rare case of an African strongman being held to account by his own country.
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An Ethiopian court sentenced 35 opposition members to life in prison on Monday, rebuffing a prosecution request that they be executed for trying to overthrow the government, treason and inciting violence.
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The State Department on Friday advised Americans that heightened security will be in place for celebrations in Ethiopia next month of the 60th anniversary of Bob Marley's birth.
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The Nigerian government for the first time Thursday publicly disclosed a foiled coup plot, charging four military officers and a civilian with conspiring to topple the government by shooting down a helicopter carrying President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Ethiopia&#39;s high court on Monday sentenced 35 opposition leaders to life imprisonment for inciting rebellion, after the prosecution had asked for the death penalty.
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US and European citizens of Ethiopian origin are being held in Ethiopia for alleged terrorist offences, an official says.
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Radical muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been charged by police with 16 offences including encouraging the murder of non-believers, meaning a US extradition attempt has been put on hold.
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The decision of a Colombian appeal court to sentence three Irishmen to 17 years in jail was "a surprise", the Irish foreign minister has conceded.
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Ethiopia is to lodge an appeal for former leader Mengistu Haile Mariam's life sentence to be changed to execution.
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A manhunt was on in Ethiopia Saturday after an unidentified group kidnapped five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians in the country's northeast, after conflicting reports that up to 20 foreigners had been abducted.Comment
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THE men exposed as plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea are the scum of the earth. Next time someone demands that the West should &quot;take over and sort out Africa&quot;, remember this scandal and the real face of Western intervention it reveals.
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Rumors that Sudanese opposition leader Hasan Turabi helped plot a coup attempt against the Khartoum administration shook a country already buckling under the weight of the Darfur crisis.