 And outside of Africa now, former U.S. Marine Paul Wheelan convicted of spying by Russia will continue to fight for his transfer to the United States. Despite losing a quarter pill on Monday, Interfax News Agency quoted his lawyer saying, Wheelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, was sentenced last year to 16 years in jail. He denies espionage and has said he was set up in a sting operation. Now Washington has demanded his release. Wheelan had challenged the refusal of original court to hear his case for being sent home, but an abuse court in the city of Mincey, Novigod, about 400 kilometers east of Moscow, deemed the original ruling lawful.