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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile5 L0 |# ?8 ^" d; @8 g7 `
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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has arrived Ray Ban sunglassesin the Dominican Republic, beginning his exile and ending seven months of turmoil in Honduras.
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Hundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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His departure marks the end of efforts to return to office after soldiers forced him into exile at gunpoint on 28 June over a constitutional dispute.: d' `* T1 p3 Y1 Z
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! \) B9 k5 k$ X; F8 lNewly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.4 l# J# k9 u* x. m0 t
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1 G6 T( G, k% w) ~8 D; @" J- d: oUnder a deal struck by the two men, Mr Zelaya agreed to fly to exile #x as a way to avoid prosecution in Honduras on charges that he violated the constitution while in office.
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* _9 ?5 `% |5 m4 aMr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.
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Z. u' x( Y" V: N' O2 U) ?7 ZMr Zelaya travelled to the Dominican Republic on the presidential plane, accompanied by the country's president, Leonel Fernandez, who attended the swearing-in ceremony for Mr Lobo hours before.
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Mr Zelaya's wife, Xiomara Castro, his two young sons Ray Ban sunglassesand his political advisor, Rasel Tome, also travelled with him.! A: _: c% u+ z! d
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Fond farewell
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/ T% E& u( g. x1 M# hMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.: M: z# f% S- M* y9 q
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3 T7 ?& U, W+ @"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.
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6 o: z4 x- p0 E/ M0 s/ s( ?! kHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.% D$ y r) Z- {/ f4 P1 x2 e. `6 R
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2 u; n$ t F: u, RHis June ousting provoked international condemnation but diplomatic attempts to persuade the interim government to allow Mr Zelaya to return to office proved futile.! B5 z, u, r7 r( C+ k' g
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: w! o* N' n7 TWith opinion divided in Honduras and internationally, several nations have refused to recognise the legitimacy of the November election, in which Mr Lobo defeated Mr Zelaya.; p ~ r9 C5 k4 G; _- y
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Mr Lobo's first act upon taking office was to sign a decree giving amnesty to the soldiers, politicians and judges who brought about the June ousting.
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6 E; [+ n* y3 k2 H6 J2 {; C+ E$ CMr Zelaya was removed amid a dispute over his plans to hold a vote on whether a constituent assembly should be set up to look at rewriting the constitution.
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His critics said the vote, which was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court, #x aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election.
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0 n- B2 J' T0 n- k& n$ y) aMr Zelaya repeatedly said he had no interest in staying in power Ray Ban sunglassesbut wanted to rewrite an outdated constitution to guarantee fairer representation for all Hondurans.( ~ i+ M3 t R: Q6 l" q
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