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Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana is interviewed by AFP in Johannesburg on October 9, 2009. Ravalomanana said he rejected a deal reached earlier this week on the leadership of a new transitional government for the Indian Ocean island. Negotiators for Madagascar's key powerbrokers...

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina attends a meeting with ousted president Marc Ravalomanana (not in the picture) in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, November 3, 2009. The African Union's top diplomat Jean Ping on Tuesday urged Madagascar's feuding leaders to seal a power-sharing deal...

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Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana gives an interview with AFP in Johannesburg on May 18, 2009. He said that he was willing if he was reinstated as president to organize anticipated presidential elections or a referendum to know whether or not he should finish his term. Ravalomanana...

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Ousted Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana is seen reflected in a mirror during an interview with the Associated Press in Johannesburg Thursday, May 14, 2009. Ravalomanana believes the coup that toppled him shows what can happen when an impoverished country's soldiers are neglected, and...

Ousted Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana arrives for the inauguration of President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria May 9, 2009.

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Former President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana(L) arrives for the lavish inauguration ceremony for President Jacob Zuma held at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, on May 9, 2009.

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Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana (centre L) greets supporters in Antananarivo on March 15, 2009. The embattled Ravalomanana said today he would submit to a 'referendum' to settle a deadly stand-off which has driven the Indian Ocean island for months.'I remain in power. I have no fear...

Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana leaves a rally outside his palace, March 15, 2009. Ravalomanana offered on Sunday to hold a referendum to resolve a political crisis that has claimed the lives of more than 135 people on the Indian Ocean island.

Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana (C) gestures as he leaves after talks with President Andry Rajoelina (not in picture) in the Mozambican capital Maputo, August 28, 2009. Crisis talks to end months of political turmoil in Madagascar collapsed on Friday as the parties failed...

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina addresses the media after talks with ousted President Marc Ravalomanana (unpictured) in Mozambican capital Maputo, August 27, 2009. Madagascar's ex-leader Ravalomanana refused to accept Rajoelina's nomination as president of a transitional government...

Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana attends the second round of talks with the current President Andry Rajoelina (not pictured) in Mozambican capital Maputo, August 25, 2009. Madagascar's political rivals met in Mozambique on Tuesday to discuss how to allocate jobs in a power-sharing...

(L-R) Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina, former Mozambican President Joachim Chissano and former Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana clap after signing a peace accord in Maputo, August 9, 2009. Madagascar's feuding leaders said on Sunday they had agreed a power-sharing deal and would...

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina speaks during a meeting with former President Marc Ravalomanana and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomao in Maputo August 5, 2009. Ravalomanana said on Wednesday he was hopeful a relaunch of peace talks between...

Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana addresses supporters in the capital Antananarivo February 14, 2009. The power struggle between the capital's former mayor, Andry Rajoelina, and Ravalomanana has stoked the worst scenes of street violence on the Indian Ocean island for years and dented...

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A South African government handout photo shows Southern African Development Community (SADC) chairman, South African President Jacob Zuma (L), hugging Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on June 20, 2009 in Johannesburg as Southern African leaders opened a special summit to seek to end a...

RNPS YEAR 2009 - Madagascar's opposition leader Andry Rajoelina greets his supporters after making his way into the presidential palace in the centre of Madagascar's capital, March 17, 2009. Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana handed power to a navy admiral on Tuesday after a power struggle...

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This picture taken on May 18, 2009 shows Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana during an interview with AFP in Johannesburg. A Madagascar court on June 3, 2009 sentenced ousted president Marc Ravalomanana in absentia to four years in jail for abuse of office over the purchase of...

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Ousted president of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, and his wife, arrive at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, to attend the inauguration of Jacob Zuma, as South Africa's fourth democratically elected president, on May 9, 2009. Zuma is the president of the African National Congress, which...

Ousted Madagascar leader Marc Ravalomanana (L) shakes hands with South Africa's President Kgalema Motlanthe during their meeting in Pretoria April 21 2009. Ravalomanana said on Monday he planned to return home in a few weeks and called for an election to end the political crisis that has...

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South African President Kgalema Motlanthe (L) talks with ousted Madagascan president Marc Ravalomanana in Pretoria on April 21, 2009. Ravalomanana was removed from power in March by opposition leader Andry Rajoelina with the army's backing.

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Photo taken on April 15, 2009 shows a crowd of supporters of ousted leader Marc Ravalomanana demostrating in the streets of Antananarivo a day before veteran Madagascarn politician Manandafy Rakotonirina was declared Prime Minister of the island nation by Ravalomanana. Supporters of Ravalomanana...

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This picture taken on April 16, 2009 shows supporters of Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana during a rally in Antananarivo. Ravalomanana appointed Manandafy Rakotonirina as prime minister the same day in a move to reaffirm his status as the country's legitimate leader. The exiled...

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Supporters of Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana crowd a street on March 28, 3009 on the sixth consecutive day of protest against the toppling of their leader 11 days ago in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo. Up to 20,000 demonstrators gathered in Democracy Square in the capital...

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Supporters of Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana march on March 28, 2009 for the sixth consecutive day of protest against the toppling of their leader 11 days ago. Up to 20,000 demonstrators gathered in Democracy Square in the capital Antananarivo, where some government officials...

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A Supporter of Madagascar's ousted president Marc Ravalomanana holds the Madagascan flag on March 28, 2009 as he confronts riot police during a march, as thousands of supporters of the ex-president turned out for the sixth consecutive day of protest against the toppling of their leader 11...