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NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Authorities formally charged two French journalists Wednesday with threatening state security for attempting to report on rebel groups in Niger's volatile north, a crime punishable by death in the West African country.
The journalists, who work for Paris-based Camicas Productions, have been held in a Niger prison since they were arrested Dec. 17 near the northern outpost of Iferouane.
The government has banned all foreigners and reporters from entering the area since the rebirth of an ethnic Tuareg rebellion last year.
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