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Opposition leader back in parliament

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    Guinean opposition leader Alpha Conde on Tuesday attended his first
    parliamentary session since being released from prison four months ago.
    Conde, head of the Guinea People's Rally (RPG-Rassemblement du peuple
    Guineen) was arrested in December 1998 on the eve of a presidential
    election. In September 2000 he was convicted of threatening state security - in a trial widely criticised as rigged - and sentenced to five years in jail. He was released on 18 May 2001 on the order of President Lansana Conte.

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