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Cape Town, South Africa - South African police arrested the son of the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday and charged him with helping plot a coup attempt in the tiny, oil-rich West African country of Equatorial Guinea. Investigators believe Thatcher helped finance, and gave logistical support to, a plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea."We believe Mr. Thatcher assisted in finance and logistics," said Ngwema, who declined to elaborate. The small and poverty-stricken nation on the coast of West Africa has had several coups and attempted coups since independence from Spain in 1968. Recent discoveries there of large offshore oil reserves have stoked competition among the world's large oil companies for access to the riches. Athens - Greek groups opposed to the Iraq war and globalization protested on Wednesday against U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's planned weekend visit to Greece. They argue Powell, who is due to meet for talks with Premier Costas Caramanlis before attending the closing ceremonies for the Olympic Games on Sunday, is trying to exploit the Games for electoral gains at home. Moscow - Russian investigators were still in the dark on Wednesday about what caused two passenger planes to crash the previous night, even as media were speculating that terrorists, most likely Chechen separatists, could have been responsible.
