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
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/ I; {4 m# v% X& qDeposed 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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% W( K1 C' C  lHundreds of supporters,beads, many waving flags, watched him leave the airport in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.
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4 g( K/ j3 I" j* \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.
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5 z- W  I7 J5 w8 S  _0 _Newly-elected President Porfirio Lobo had offered him safe passage.

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$ }5 N1 g7 D8 ?  A5 s3 wUnder 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 e2 _; x+ W6 Q% R" zMr 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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& R' u( Y1 I* E  w1 Z# cMr 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.


2 f8 o, ?( k5 K! @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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Fond farewell


Mr Zelaya was taken to the Tegucigalpa airport in a convoy of around 15 vehicles.
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" x' B' p8 U& P"See you later Papa Mel. God bless you," read one supporter's placard, using Mr Zelaya's nickname.
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$ y# z4 u& v; W& F& L9 f. g" ^He has spent the past four months sheltering in the Brazilian embassy, after returning in secret in September.
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9 m0 w( s) g* T! k& Q% S6 F( 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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) {: @+ U3 o( b/ {! |# T. J1 q& j4 X$ ~/ nWith 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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* S) O, L# R5 Q) m6 a7 N$ y" vMr 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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/ T) P4 c4 f- T9 Q6 FMr 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.


; S4 f6 [( i' p9 CHis 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.


# y5 ~/ D  L/ K6 ]7 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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