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President of Guinea-Bissau Assassinated

HeadlineMar 02, 2009

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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