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Latest unrest in African narcostate of Guinea-Bissau draws international condemnation

Soldiers on Saturday arrested protesters demanding the release of Guinea-Bissau's leading candidate in elections halted by mutinous troops, who claimed he was trying to assassinate top military leaders of this coup-prone West African nation.Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr. was unpopular with soldiers because of his efforts to reform the military by downsizing the bloated army, strengthening the police and fighting the cocaine-trafficking business in which some senior officers and politicians are believed embroiled.The United Nations calls Guinea-Bissau a "narco-state" with uninhabited islands used as transit points by Latin American cartels that fly in drugs that are then transshipped to Europe.Amid international condemnation of the military's latest show of power, small protests in favor of Gomes erupted in downtown Bissau on Saturday as soldiers met with politicians to discuss a return to civilian rule. The soldiers quickly subdued them by erecting roadblocks and arresting a few, acco...

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  9. East Timor's president returns home

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