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World briefs: President of Guinea-Bissau assassinated

The man who ruled Guinea-Bissau for nearly a quarter-century was assassinated yesterday, just hours after a bomb killed his longtime rival, the armed forces chief, leaving behind a precarious power vacuum as the small African country struggles to stem a booming cocaine trade. Analysts fear the back-to-back assassinations could shake up drug cartels that use the country as a transit point for shipping...

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