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  Burkina Faso appoints new transitional leader

  World | Nov 02, 2014, 07:32 AM IST

  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso's army appointed a military colonel as transitional leader on Saturday, it said, after the West African country's president resigned from 27 years in office amid violent protests against his continued

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  Burkina Faso: 2nd soldier says he's president

  World | Nov 01, 2014, 11:12 AM IST

  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: The president of Burkina Faso stepped down Friday after protesters stormed parliament and set the building ablaze, ending his 27-year reign and sparking a struggle in the military for control of the