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  Togo Ruler, Surrendering to Pressure, Steps Down
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Last Edited411 Name Removed  Feb 25, 2005 11:58pm
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News DateFeb 25, 2005 11:00pm
DescriptionDAKAR, Senegal, Feb. 25 - Three weeks after the military installed him to succeed his father as Togo's president, Faure Gnassingbé bowed to intense international pressure on Friday, saying in an address on state-controlled radio that he would step down immediately.

"I have decided to step down from the office of president in the interest of Togo," Mr. Gnassingbé said.
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