CAPE TOWN, South Africa The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pleaded guilty Thursday to unwittingly helping bankroll a botched coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, and in ...

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's son — Mark Thatcher — has been given a conditional release by a court hearing charges that he helped plot a coup in Africa. He was arrested on ...

2005-01-14 04:00:00 PDT Johannesburg-- The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher flew out of South Africa on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges relating to a coup attempt in ...

LONDON -- One of Britain's iconic names is back, in bizarre circumstances tailor-made for the country's boisterous tabloids. Sir Mark Thatcher -- son of British political legend Margaret Thatcher, ...

A court in Equatorial Guinea convicted 24 accused European and African mercenaries and opposition leaders on Friday and sentenced them to prison for an alleged coup plot in the oil-rich nation, but it ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an ex-race car driver whose business career has been dogged by accusations of questionable arms deals and shady ...