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The curious rebellion on 17 November by a score of soldiers was defused when the rebels, who had been surrounded, surrendered peacefully. No military units had joined them; eleven officers have been detained and a leading judge, Raymond Ranjeva, stands accused of incitement to rebellion. Some serving soldiers want the mutineers released, though, and underlying discontent among the military and some politicians lives on....

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Raymond Ranjeva, Raharinaivo Andrianantoandro, Andry Rajoelina, Marc Ravalomanana, South Africa, United States

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