FYI
             The ousted president of the West African state of Guinea
             Bissau, Joao Bernardo Vieira, has been allowed to go to
             Gambia.

             He'd taken refuge in the Portuguese embassy in Guinea
             Bissau after he was overthrown last month.

             Portugal has already granted him political asylum.

             The new Guinea Bissau government, led by the former
             military commander Ansumane Mane, is reported to
             have agreed to allow Mr Vieira to leave for medical
             treatment.

             The BBC West Africa correspondent says it marks the
             end of a dramatic year in the history of the small former
             Portuguese colony, after a coup d'etat, foreign army
             interventions and the fleeing of hundreds of thousands
             from fighting in the capital.

             From the newsroom of the BBC World Service

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