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JAGO SERVES SUBPOENAS ON LIM, MIRANDA, QUERUBIN
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THE pretrial investigation of military officers implicated in the February 24 foiled coup plot will start on Friday, officials said on Wednesday.
Col. Tristan Kison, the AFP Public Information chief, said that the Judge Advocate General's Office (JAGO) has subpoenaed Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, former commander of the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment (FSSR).
Lim is being held in an Army maximum-security detention center in Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal.
Kison said, however, that L...
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Congo confirms foiled coup plot against Kabila
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Congo confirms foiled coup plot against Kabila From Journal Sentinel wire reports Friday, August 31, 2001 Kinshasa, Congo -- Congo's government confirmed for the first time Thursday that former army officers had attempted a coup in April, but said the plot unraveled when an assailant was stopped
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Thatcher son seized in foiled African coup plot
Chicago Sun-Times
; CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was charged Wednesday with helping finance a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a tiny west African nation. Thatcher, 51, was arrested at his Cape Town home and charged with violating the Foreign
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Briton Jailed for Arms Dealings; Zimbabwe Case Linked to Coup Plot in Equatorial Guinea
The Washington Post
; 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. Simon Mann, 51, had pleaded guilty to attempting to buy weapons from Zimbabwe's state arms manufacturer, but
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PNP admits weak case vs police officers in coup plot.(Metro & National News)
Manila Bulletin
; Byline: ARIS R ILAGAN The case filed against police officers implicated in the alleged foiled coup against Arroyo is a little weak. This was admitted by the Philippine National Police yesterday, saying this however would not inhibit them from submitting additional evidence during the trial.
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Coup plot reported in Philippines; President declares state of emergency
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
; MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency Friday as she struggled against a reported coup plot and a possible repeat of the protests that ousted two of her predecessors. The announcement came after the military said a general had been arrested in
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Burundi coup plot 'concocted by government'.(News)
Pretoria News (South Africa)
; BYLINE: Peter Fabricius The Burundian government has been accused of concocting a coup plot against it as an excuse to arrest and torture opposition leaders. A prominent Burundian journalist has claimed that South African intelligence agents helped the ruling CNDD-FDD party concoct the coup plot.
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SA agents accused of faking coup plot in Burundi.(News)
Cape Times (South Africa)
; BYLINE: Peter Fabricius JOHANNESBURG: The Burundian government has been accused of concocting a coup plot against itself as a pretext for arresting and torturing opposition leaders. A prominent Burundian journalist has claimed South African intelligence agents helped the ruling CNDD-FDD party
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Nigeria seizes deputy chief, accuses him of coup plot
The Boston Globe
; LAGOS -- Nigeria's deputy head of state has been arrested in connection with a coup plot against the government of General Sani Abacha, the chief of defense staff said yesterday. The statement, by Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar Said, was broadcast on Abuja radio but did not give any details of
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Thatcher's Son Charged in Coup Plot; Businessman Accused of Helping Effort to Oust Leader of Equatorial Guinea
The Washington Post
; 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 to finance a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. Mark Thatcher, 51,
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Thatcher's son charged with helping bankroll coup plot
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Thatcher's son charged with helping bankroll coup plot He's placed under house arrest in South Africa By ELLIOTT SYLVESTER Associated Press Thursday, August 26, 2004 Cape Town, South Africa -- The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an ex-race car driver whose business career
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