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Church leader urges Vieira to stand trial

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    Meanwhile, the administrator of Bissau diocese, the Reverend Jose Camnate, has called on Vieira to stand trial and "not fear the truth", Lusa reported. The country's new rulers want him tried for crimes against the state and accusations about gunrunning to separatists in Casamance, southern Senegal. Camnate said Vieira's departure without trial could "undermine the foundations" of the country's fledgling constitutional institutions, according to Lusa.

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