Guinea general steps into power after leader shot
Posted: December 6, 2009 at 4:26 a.m.
The No. 2 of Guinea’s military junta returned to the country overnight, helping fill a power vacuum after the president was shot, reportedly by his top aide, and evacuated for emergency treatment, a government spokesman said Saturday.
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