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 CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Battles between security forces and protesters in Guinea earlier this week killed at least 59 people, almost double the toll previously reported, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
Forty-four people were killed during Monday's violence in Conakry, the capital, said Dr. Sidiki Diakite, a senior Health Ministry official helping oversee the count. The other 15 were slain the same day elsewhere in the West African nation, he said.
The demonstrations turned deadly when security forces opened fire on rock-hurling protesters, who called on long-ruling President Lansana Conte to give up power to a transitional government.
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