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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Rebel soldiers seized the military’s headquarters Thursday and replaced Papua New Guinea’s top defense official with their own leader, who gave Prime Minister Peter O’Neill a week to step aside for his ousted predecessor.
The self-proclaimed new leader of the country’s defense forces, retired Col. Yaura Sasa, insisted he was not mounting a coup. But he warned that the military will take unspecified action unless O’Neill stands down and former prime minister Michael Somare is reinstated, as the national Supreme Court ordered last month.
Denver Post wire services
