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    Analysts said they believed the case in question involved a weekly newspaper, 'The New Times'. The Associated Press reported that a reporter at the newspaper, Romain Attiso Kudjodji, had been detained in the capital Lome on Monday and that the police had accused him of fabricating the torture story.

    The article published last Friday described how a man
    posting opposition political leaflets in the city had both arms broken in a police beating.

    News reports said two other journalists, Elias Hounkanly and Edoh
    Amewouho, had been held since last August for a report which allegedly defamed the first lady, Badagnaki Eyadema.

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