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[Guinea-Bissau] Presidential candidate and former military ruler Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira campaigning in downtown Bissau on June 17 2005 for Guinea-Bissau's June 19 presidential election. Pierre Holtz/IRIN
Presidential candidate and former military ruler Joao Bernardo Vieira
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    Foreign mediators are now in Togo to discuss ways to resolve the crisis over the June 1998 re-election of President Gnassingbe Eyadema.

    The four mediators from the European Union, France, Germany and la Francophonie arrived on Monday, according to Reuters. They told reporters they planned to talk with the various parties involved in the dispute, Reuters reported.

    The opposition maintains that Eyadema, who seized power in 1967, rigged last year's presidential election. Seven opposition groups have called on Togolese to stay home on Wednesday to demonstrate that they want an acceptable solution to the crisis, Reuters reported.

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