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bitchkitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 09:15 AM
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4. Niger Coup Attempt Underway
Source: Bloomberg.com

By Vernon Wessels

Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- A coup attempt is underway in Niger, Agence France-Presse reported, citing an unidentied senior French official.

Niger President Mamadou Tandja is “not in a good position,” the news service cited the official as saying. Several loud explosions and bursts of automatic gunfire were heard in the capital, Niamey, AFP said, citing witnesses.

Last Updated: February 18, 2010 09:06 EST

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=anP...


That's all I can find, so far.
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  -Coup under way in Niger MilitarismFTL  Feb-18-10 08:20 AM   #0 
  - BBC: Gunfire heard near Niger presidential palace  maddezmom   Feb-18-10 08:29 AM   #1 
  - Who's guarding the yellowcake?  Roland99   Feb-18-10 08:39 AM   #2 
  - AHAHA  BunkerHill24   Feb-18-10 09:58 AM   #7 
  - whose fingerprints will we find on this one?  mopinko   Feb-18-10 09:14 AM   #3 
  - my thoughts exactly  Chicago dyke   Feb-18-10 11:58 AM   #10 
  - Niger Coup Attempt Underway  bitchkitty   Feb-18-10 09:15 AM   #4 
  - Twitter's got a lot on it  Warpy   Feb-18-10 09:17 AM   #5 
  - BBC: Niger's leader Mamadou Tandja 'held by soldiers'  maddezmom   Feb-18-10 09:18 AM   #6 
  - k&r for exposure to coups  uppityperson   Feb-18-10 11:50 AM   #8 
  - This actually is a far more important story than the plane crash in TX  riderinthestorm   Feb-18-10 11:58 AM   #9 
  - Uh, Niger, not Nigeria.  Flaneur   Feb-18-10 11:59 AM   #11 
     - Oops!! Definitely time for more coffee and closer readng! Thanks. nt  riderinthestorm   Feb-18-10 12:15 PM   #12 
  - Not really a bad thing  Xithras   Feb-18-10 12:20 PM   #13 
  - "'Supreme Council' claims to have suspended constitution"  VanW   Feb-18-10 05:24 PM   #14 
  - Thanks for the link, but it's getting mangled by the DU software  muriel_volestrangler   Feb-18-10 05:49 PM   #15 
     - Thanks n/t  VanW   Feb-18-10 05:52 PM   #16 
  - Yikes!  Odin2005   Feb-18-10 05:56 PM   #17 
  - "US official says Tandja can blame himself for Niger coup"  VanW   Feb-18-10 06:56 PM   #18 
  - Niger soldiers say coup 'patriotic'  Lars77   Feb-18-10 07:50 PM   #19 
  - President seized in Niger coup  grantcart   Feb-19-10 04:28 PM   #20 
     - I wonder who's baby this one is? Doesn't Niger supply a lot of yellowcake to the world?  Arctic Dave   Feb-19-10 04:28 PM   #21 
 

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