Published 03/19/2010 - 4:32 p.m. GMT
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Sen. Richard J Durbin
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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Assistant Senate Majority
Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter today to
Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General of the
Commonwealth Nations, urging him
Published 03/18/2010 - 8:16 p.m. GMT
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Gen. Lang Tombong Tamba, Ex-Chief of Staff, Gambia Armed Forces charged with treason.
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The government of president Yahya Jammeh has
officially charged the
country's former Chief of
Defense Staff, Lt. Gen. Lang Tombong Tamba and
nine others with treasonable offenses of
plotting to overthrow the APRC
government. Gen
Tamba and four other senior military officers now
in
custody since their arrest in October last
year, are expected to appear in
court on Friday,
government sources say.