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VOA News - Ethiopia Conspiracy Suspects Again Denied Bail

VOA News - Ethiopia Conspiracy Suspects Again Denied Bail: "An Ethiopian judge has again denied bail for 40 suspects jailed last month in connection with an alleged plot to destabilize the country. The suspects were ordered held for another two weeks while prosecutors decide what to charge them with.

Weeping relatives stood outside an Addis Ababa courthouse Monday hoping for a glimpse of loved ones arrested April 24 in what officials originally called a roundup of suspected coup plotters."

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