The Coup In Madagascar -- News Updates For March 20, 2009

Madagascar's new president Andry Rajoelina Photo: REUTERS

Madagascar Power Grab Denounced As Coup D'Etat By EU -- The Telegraph

Madagascar's acting president Andry Rajoelina suspended parliament on Thursday as the international community slammed his army-backed rise to the helm of the Indian Ocean island as undemocratic.

The European Union considers the army-backed ousting of the democratically elected president in Madagascar to be a coup d'etat, the Czech EU presidency said Thursday.

"This was a coup d'etat, this was not a democratic election," Karel Schwarzenberg, the Czech foreign minister, said after the first day of a two-day EU summit in Brussels.

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African Union suspends Madagascar -- Yahoo News/AP
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Madagascar: African Union Suspends New Govt Over 'Coup' -- All Africa

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African Union suspends Madagascar -- Yahoo News/AP
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African Union suspends Madagascar, threatens sanctions -- CNN
SADC troika calls for sanctions on Madagascar -- Reuters
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