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Chad Ex-leader Sentenced to Death

A court in Chad has sentenced to death former President Hissen Habre for planning to overthrow the government.

Mr Habre was sentenced in absentia along with several rebel leaders, who launched an assault on the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, earlier this year.

Mr Habre, sometimes dubbed "Africa's Pinochet", was deposed in 1990 and lives in exile in Senegal...
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