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No pardon for Vieira

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    Guinea Bissau interim President Malam Bacai Sanha said his predecessor, Nino Vieira, would not be pardoned, but would have to face justice "before the people and the law that await him", Lusa reported.

    Sanha, who was speaking on Tuesday at the end of a two-day visit to The Gambia, said there was no agreement between the two countries on a pardon for the ex-president. Vieira, ousted on May 7, took refuge in the Portuguese Embassy in Bissau before being allowed to leave the country on 6 June to seek medical attention abroad under an agreement brokered by The Gambia.

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