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 MORONI, Comoros (AP) - The Comoros government called on France on Thursday to hand over a deposed rebel leader for trial, but the former colonial power said it has its own case to pursue and was examining an asylum request.
Comoros government troops, backed by African Union forces and with logistical help from France, ousted Col. Mohamed Bacar from the capital of one of the archipelago's three main islands this week.
Bacar had claimed the presidency of the Anjouan island and spoke of seceding from the Comoros, a small nation of islands off the eastern coast of Africa.
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