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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------