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Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Service, praised the crew of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Wave Knight for locating the hijacked yacht of Paul and Rachel Chandler. However, he said there was no one on board trained...
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Simon Mann has been urged by Foreign Office officials to remain silent about the coup attempt that left him languishing in an African prison, and settle for a "quiet life" with his wife and family in the UK, The Independent on Sunday has learnt. The...
Tags: Margaret Thatcher, Simon Mann, South African Secret Service, Mark Thatcher, sir mark, Equatorial Guinea, coup attempted, african spy
Speaking after he was freed from the Black Beach prison in Malabo, the capital, Mr Mann said he was “very anxious” that Mark Thatcher, the son of Lady Thatcher, the former British prime minister, and Ely Calil, a UK-based Lebanese businessman, should...
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Yorkshire landowner Sir Mark Sykes died in France in 1919 from Spanish flu. Sir Mark was buried in a lead coffin which scientists hope may have helped preserve the virus. They believe his remains will help piece together the DNA of Spanish flu, which...
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Reuters Published: March 31, 2008, 00:09 Malabo: A British mercenary awaiting trial in Equatorial Guinea for leading a failed 2004 coup has said the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was involved in the plot, the public
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London, March 28: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s son, Sir Mark Thatcher, is facing a new extradition attempt by Equatorial Guinea, which claims he was allegedly involved in an attempted coup to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang
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