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Vol 43 No 25

Published 20th December 2002


Seychelles

Of ranch and rupees

In the 6 December legislative election, President France-Albert René's Seychelles People's Progressive Front polled just one per cent above the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution and seek another term. René seized power in 1977 in a bloodless coup against elected President James Mancham.

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