OUSTED MADAGASCAR PRESIDENT BARRED FROM RETURNING

Marc Ravalomanana said aviation authorities in Madagascar had written to South African Airways to say he was not welcome. Ravalomanana had be book on the carrier's regular Saturday journey to Antananarivo, Madagascar's capital. A day earlier, an airport official in Antananarivo, speaking on condition of anonymity since he was not authorized to speak to reporters, had told the AP that Ravalomanana would be banned.

 

The democratically selected Ravalomanana has been in South Africa since being oust in 2009 by Andry Rajoelina, a previous disc jockey turned Antananarivo mayor who was supported by the army. Rajoelina has been shunned by the international community and has so far rejected attempt by South Africa plus other neighbors to mediate a solution that would reinstate democracy.

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SKOREA LEADER VOWS CONSEQUENCES FOR NKOREAN ATTACK

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's president took responsibility Monday for failing to protect his citizens from a deadly North Korean artillery attack last week, vowing tough consequences for any future aggression and expressing outrage over the "ruthlessness of the North Korean regime.

Lee Myung-bak's nationally televised speech came as a nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier and a South Korean destroyer participated in joint military exercises, a united show of force nearly a week after an artillery barrage on Yeonpyeong Island killed four, including two civilians.The local government placed the front-line island under control of the military, which could pave the way for the evacuation of about 300 remaining residents, journalists and officials. The decision allows the military to restrict the movement of civilians into and out of the island. South Korea's Defense Ministry said it would discuss whether to evacuate.
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