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A charge made to an individual under a system of free coinage for the minting of any gold or silver he may bring to the mint and usually calculated to cover various costs.

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  • The Congolese government has given forces under renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda until Monday to disarm and either join the army under a reintegration process known as...
  • This very public mixing of two former adversaries is called "brassage" here in Congo.
  • "brassage" process - reintegration of ex-combatants into the national army - "immediately and without conditions."
  • You can buy the brassage on sale!
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