Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile

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Honduras ex-leader Manuel Zelaya begins exile
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+ X, k* n" D: U. e" r$ F: [. xHonduras 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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8 t2 _  j# y% p" ^' eHis 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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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.


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.
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! i! `% Q  |# uMr 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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, W; @! u% W3 NFond farewell
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' ~" F, |/ |& Q4 DMr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.


# z2 Z% x7 @" S; L"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.

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7 i  q0 L& y; w; JHe has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.


2 A8 k6 h% h& |. T* ?His 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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( X" A7 i  a- w% q8 v2 |3 F4 _With 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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2 w+ U4 K  [% G, w* W6 e6 ]0 u0 |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.


, c9 \5 O, E3 HHis 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.


Mr 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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