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20:16 GMT, Sunday, 28 June 2009 21:16 UK

In pictures: Honduran president ousted

Army enters residence of President Manuel Zelaya demonstrate in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

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Troops in Honduras stormed the residence of President Manuel Zelaya and ousted him, after a power struggle over his plans for a referendum on changing the constitution so he could run for a second term.

Army outside residence of President Manuel Zelaya demonstrate in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

Army outside residence of President Manuel Zelaya demonstrate in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

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After troops secured the palace in the capital, Tegucigalpa, President Zelaya - who took office in 2006 - was flown to Costa Rica.

A supporter of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya hits a soldier in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

A supporter of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya hits a soldier in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

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The security forces fired tear gas at pro-government protesters who reportedly hurled rocks and branded soldiers "traitors".

Supporter of ousted President Manuel Zelaya demonstrate in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

Supporter of ousted President Manuel Zelaya demonstrate in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

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As supporters of the deposed leftist leader took to the streets, Mr Zelaya said from Costa Rica he had been kidnapped by troops as part of a coup hatched by a "voracious" elite.

Supporters of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya demonstrate in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

Supporters of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya demonstrate in Tegucigalpa on 28 June 2009

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Amid pro-Zelaya protests, the Supreme Court, which had ruled the president's referendum plan illegal, said it had ordered his removal from office.

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa on 26 June 2009

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa on 26 June 2009

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Mr Zelaya (pictured in Costa Rica) was deposed an hour before polls were to open for the referendum, which was also opposed by Congress and members of his own party.

Gen Romeo Vasquez, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a protest in Tegucigalpa, on 26 June 2009

Gen Romeo Vasquez, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a protest in Tegucigalpa, on 26 June 2009

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Tensions had been rising since Mr Zelaya sacked the chief of the army, Gen Romeo Vasquez (also pictured here on Friday), last week for refusing to help him organise the vote.

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