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Saturday | Guardian Unlimited

Freed dog of war demands justice

After more than five years in jail, the British mercenary is seeking vengeance on others he says were part of the failed 'Wonga Coup' a ' including Mark Thatcher The statements had a certain similarity.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Papers may link Mark Thatcher to coup plot

Photograph: Anna Zieminski/AFP/Getty Images Documents detailing Sir Mark Thatcher's alleged involvement in the botched coup in Equatorial Guinea are among evidence being examined by Scotland Yard.

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Mirror.co.uk

Equatorial Guinea mercenary Simon Mann back in Britain

Simon Mann arrived back in the UK yesterday for a "wonderful homecoming". The ex-SAS soldier, who has been away five and a half years, was pardoned after serving 15 months of a 34-year sentence over a bungled coup in Equatorial Guinea.

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Daily News

Mercenaries back in SA

The South African mercenaries jailed for their part in an Equatorial Guinea coup plot are back in South Africa, a security expert said on Friday.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Daily Record

Freed Guinea coup plot mercensary Simon Mann returns to UK

FREED mercenary Simon Mann arrived back in the UK yesterday to "the most wonderful homecoming I could ever have imagined.

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Independent Online

SA, E Guinea condemn mercenaries

Leaders of South Africa and Equatorial Guinea condemned the activities of mercenaries, in a joint communique, following the release of five men jailed over a 2004 coup plot in Malabo.

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BBC

Timeline: Equatorial Guinea

A chronology of key events : 1471 - Portuguese navigator Fernao do Po sights the island of Fernando Poo, which is now called Bioko.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Reuters Video

Released British mercenary back home

Nov 4 - A wealthy British mercenary has arrived back home after being pardoned in Equatorial Guinea for trying to overthrow the President of the oil-rich African nation.

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Monsters and Critics

Equatorial Guinea president pardons British coup plotter

Note posts made on our older Talkback system will still show below. However, new posts can only be made via the new system .

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IcNorthWales

Police set to quiz freed mercenary

Scotland Yard counter terrorism detectives are preparing to question freed mercenary Simon Mann.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Mark Thatcher: In his Spanish retreat, 'Scratcher' faces fresh questions over role in 'Wonga Coup'

From the windows of the A 3m Casa Flores mansion in one of the Costa del Sol's most exclusive and luxurious enclaves, there are unspoilt views across woodland and immaculate golf courses to the shimmering Mediterranean Sea.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Simon Mann pardoned over role in coup

Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP The British mercenary Simon Mann, who was sentenced to 34 years in prison in Equatorial Guinea last year for plotting to overthrow the oil-rich country's government, has been granted a presidential pardon.

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The Daily Star

Lebanese expats tell of hardship in Equatorial Guinea

BEIRUT: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri received on Monday a Lebanese delegation of Equatorial Guinea expatriates headed by Habib Daher, who informed the speaker of the Lebanese expatriates' community situation.

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Docuticker

Country Analysis Brief: Equitorial Guinea

Country Analysis Brief: Equitorial Guinea Source: Energy Information Administration Equatorial Guinea has become a significant oil exporter since the discovery and development of large offshore oil reserves in the mid-1990s. While oil production has increased from 5,000 barrels per day to current levels of close to 365,000 bbl/d, production rates ...

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Daily News

Woman killed by electric shock amid storm

Malabo - Heavy rain deluged a city in Equatorial Guinea, killing a woman with an electric shock as water surged through a street criss-crossed by electric cables, national radio reported Friday.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Independent Online

Woman killed by electric shock amid storm

Malabo - Heavy rain deluged a city in Equatorial Guinea, killing a woman with an electric shock as water surged through a street criss-crossed by electric cables, national radio reported Friday.

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OfficialWire

Equatorial Guinea Oil And Gas Liquids Production Is Forecast To Peak At 425,000b/d In 2013

The new Equatorial Guinea Oil & Gas Report forecasts that the country will account for just 0.03% of African regional oil demand by 2013, while providing 3.55% of supply.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

BBC

French court halts probe into three African leaders' assets

A French appeals court has halted a lawsuit against three African leaders accused of embezzlement.

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Sun Oct 25, 2009

Examiner.com

Feral Children: Monkey boys and Lobo girl...

After traveling to the offshore oilfields of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea , I was in the company of Nigerians and Ugandan nationalists.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain from Equatorial Guinea Detected in Spain

Our study brings to light the potential dissemination of this strain in Equatorial Guinea, a country where little is known about the extent and features of TB or MDR TB.

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