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 MORONI, Comoros (AP) - The Comoros government said Wednesday it has defeated rebels and seized Anjouan island off the southeast coast of Africa.
Soldiers were searching for a renegade colonel who had sought independence for the island and ruled there since 2001.
The government claim that it had retaken Anjouan, which could not immediately be verified, came a day after hundreds of its troops backed by African Union forces seized the island's capital, Mutsamudu.
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