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Guinea Military Defends Chinese Mineral Deal

Rights groups say $7-billion deal will provide a source of revenue for military government, which is under a regional arms embargo following last month's killing of 157 protesters ...full story at Voice of America

from Voice of America on Tue, Oct 20 2009

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