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France hands over alleged assassination plotters

[Guinea] A Guinean school girl on the way to Liberian refugee camp of Kountaya, Kissidougou area, Forest Region, June 2004. Pierre Holtz/IRIN
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    The French embassy in Brazzaville on Friday handed over to the authorities the three mercenaries: Richard Sarda, Fabio Vanotti and Gerard Lastrica who sought refuge there last week after escaping from prison, AFP news agency reported. The three, a Croatian, an Italian and a Frenchman, had been picked up two months ago and charged with plotting to kill President Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

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