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President offers rebels conditional amnesty

    NAIROBI
    President Denis Sassou-Nguesso on Saturday marked the 29th anniversary of independence with an address to the nation on state media in which he announced a conditional amnesty for rebels who renounced violence. "I have decided to grant an amnesty to all men in arms guilty of acts of war who, from this day, renounce all violence and agree to lay down their weapons", AFP news agency quoted Sassou-Nguesso as saying. The president also claimed the army had made advances in the southwest against Ninja rebels loyal to former prime minister Bernard Kolelas and another militia faction supporting former president Pascal Lissouba.

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