S&#39;African sentenced for Guinea coup try
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A court in Equatorial Guinea has given sentences of up to 34 years to a group of South Africans and Armenians convicted of trying to overthrow the government.
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Three men who admitted violating South Africaâs anti-mercenary laws for their role in an failed coup in Equatorial Guinea were ordered to pay fines or go to prison today.
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A Zimbabwe court has jailed British former special services officer Simon Mann for a total of seven years for trying to buy dangerous weapons in a case linked to an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.
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Sir Mark Thatcher was arrested at his South African home yesterday on suspicion of helping to pay for a coup attempt in the oil-rich state of Equatorial Guinea.
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A court Friday convicted dozens of alleged mercenaries from South Africa and Armenia and sentenced them to prison terms in an alleged coup plot in this oil-rich African nation, rejecting the death penalty for two of the top figures.
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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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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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HARARE, Zimbabwe  - A court in Zimbabwe Friday  convicted the British leader of an alleged coup plot against  the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea on weapons  charges, but acquitted most of the 69 other men held with him.
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A S African court gives a German who admitted involvement in a nuclear smuggling ring a suspended sentence.
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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.
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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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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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Ex-SAS officer Simon Mann is due to be sentenced for attempting to buy arms for a coup plot which allegedly involved Sir Mark Thatcher.
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An MP has urged the government to seek the release of a Briton accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea. Simon Mann, a former SAS commander, has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a Zimbabwe court for illegally trying to buy weapons of war.
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A Zimbabwean court jailed a former British special services officer for seven years Friday in a case prosecutors linked to a foiled coup attempt in the oil-rich country of Equatorial Guinea.
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A court in Zimbabwe is expected to pass sentence on some 70 alleged mercenaries accused of plotting a coup in the West African state of Equatorial Guinea.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sept. 10 -- A Zimbabwean court jailed a former British special services officer for seven years Friday in a case prosecutors linked to a foiled coup attempt in the oil-rich country of Equatorial Guinea.