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Mon 06 Jun 2009Honduran president ousted in army coup
TEGUCIGALPA – The Honduran army ousted and exiled leftist president Manuel Zelaya yesterday in Central America’s first military coup since the Cold War, triggered by his bid to make it legal to seek another term in office.
US president Barack Obama and the European Union expressed deep concern after troops came for Mr Zelaya, an ally of socialist Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, around dawn and took him from his residence. He was whisked away to Costa Rica.
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