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Washington, Aug 16, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the US is still "very focused on diplomacy" as the tool to solve the ongoing political crisis in Niger resulting from an attempted coup by a junta. "We remain very focused on diplomacy for achieving the results that we want, which is the return to the constitutional order," Blinken told reporters during a press briefing at the State Department, adding that he believed there continues to be space for diplomacy in achieving that result. Blinken's remarks came at a time when tensions continued to build up in and…