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07/11/2004:

"Zim 70 wait on SA court"

Harare - The trial of 70 suspected mercenaries detained in Zimbabwe for allegedly plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, has been postponed to allow for a South African court to hear an appeal for their expatriation to Pretoria, a lawyer said on Saturday.

The trial had been due to open at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on July 19, but will now start on July 21, Alwyn Griebenow said.

"The date has been shifted... so we will go on trial on 21 July," Griebenow said.

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