U.S. appeals court throws out murder conviction of ex-Blackwater guard

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the murder conviction of an ex-Blackwater security guard and ordered three of his former colleagues to be re-sentenced in the high-profile prosecution stemming from the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007.

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