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Four Europeans, Lissouba get jail terms

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    Exiled former president Pascal Lissouba and four Europeans have been sentenced to various jail terms on charges of plotting to destabilise the government, news organisations reported. A court in Brazzaville sentenced a Frenchman, described as the mastermind of the plot, to seven years and his compatriot to five years. An Italian and a Croatian each received a two-year jail term. Lissouba, tried in absentia, was sentenced to 20 years for ordering the plot, Reuters said. The four Europeans, who had sought refuge at the French embassy, were handed over to the Congolese government by embassy officials in March.

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