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Two Ghanaian nationals were found guilty in Newark, N.J., of conspiring to buy missiles, anti-aircraft guns and other weapons for what U.S. prosecutors said was a 100-member private army in the African nation. A mistrial was declared for a third defendant, former Ghanaian finance minister Joseph Henry Mensah, when the jurors could not reach a verdict after nearly 19 hours of deliberations. Convicted after 16 hours of jury deliberations in the two-week trial were Kwasi John Baidoo of Rockaway Township and John Andrew Boateng of New York.
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