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Three Americans have been transferred to the United States after their death sentences over a foiled deadly coup were commuted to life imprisonment last week by Congolese authorities, in the wake of t...
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Three American citizens who had been sentenced to death over a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo were sent back to the United States on Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for t...
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The repatriation comes as the US and DR Congo explore a deal to exploit the central African country's huge mineral wealth.
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