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March 2, 2009

President of Guinea-Bissau Assassinated
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In news from Africa, the president of the West African nation of
Guinea-Bissau has been assassinated in the presidential palace by a
group of renegade soldiers. The killing of Joao Bernardo Vieira came one
day after the nation’s armed forces chief of staff was shot dead. The
two men were considered staunch political rivals.



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