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


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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# t5 \+ A5 E: u, y7 I3 {& w$ Z+ qHundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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; Y3 K% m# {+ Y- ~& G4 ~! s7 OHis 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.


% G. B8 p; `+ e. L" KNewly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.
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/ c3 o& L- O, T+ x/ UUnder 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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Mr 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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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.


Mr 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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. D5 T. Z8 [) I3 c4 O; KMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.
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"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.

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. _5 E( R" I; w3 |8 K3 FHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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2 ]9 T% y5 u) Z- jHis 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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/ y) I3 B: ^4 O0 k) O( I% aWith 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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9 W* b/ Q! h6 m6 m1 J3 ^* F. ?1 TMr 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.


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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% ]1 H3 N. `# `" n8 N: x: wMr 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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