Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

% Q1 y0 |7 M% G- ^Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile


4 Q  Z( w/ T; A+ wDeposed 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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$ d' n% ^5 }( N- z& T% lHis 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.


Under 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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1 r1 j# Z8 Y4 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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2 H5 Q+ e# ?( _  G& ?4 j+ \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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5 c2 p% ?! M7 S: I( X# L# _( P- Y4 K+ dMr 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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# E9 c) Z' J% Z- s6 X0 R# g& x6 eFond farewell
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Mr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.


"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.

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5 s6 p- k5 }8 LHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.


+ ^8 B! b* P2 uHis 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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  _' g9 o4 v# i3 WWith 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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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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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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+ q1 N7 c) p6 f' I& J' \7 ZHis 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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2 S( B" f: h# V( O! h: yMr 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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