Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile


: [% \% ^5 v. E# }6 GDeposed 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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' a+ c8 T4 C# I$ sHis 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.

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Newly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.
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& v& ]+ q9 Z& m9 TUnder 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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- m8 i/ [% N; yMr Lobo said the measure - first proposed months ago in failed mediation talks in Costa Rica - was needed as part of a process of reconciliation.


Mr 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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4 _- p/ B' q0 a+ G1 n9 x) lMr Zelaya's wife, Xiomara Castro, his two young sons Ray Ban sunglassesand his political advisor, Rasel Tome, also travelled with him.

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, C1 Z, A( L& ?: `. hFond farewell
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Mr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.

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+ J3 H% M  w& C: ~"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.
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He has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.

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5 q4 G' O5 A/ d2 r. k' T# f  tHis June ousting provoked international condemnation but diplomatic attempts to persuade the interim government to allow Mr Zelaya to return to office proved futile.
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! F0 n" ~1 q* f. V( I' `# ?, jWith 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.

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$ e1 `" x: c/ WMr 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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Mr 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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3 H% x+ z# v5 Q0 }: BHis 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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; @) f/ z$ A0 ^1 f4 y$ q( vMr 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.

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