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Four coup plotters sentenced to death

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    Four civilians were sentenced to death yesterday for plotting to overthrow the Ghanaian government in 1994, news organisations reported. A fifth defendant was acquitted. AFP said that according to the public prosecutor, the four Ghanaians had been living in Britain before coming to Ghana to recruit mercenaries and buy arms and ammunition. They were arrested only hours before the planned overthrow of President Jerry Rawlings, AFP said.

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