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Thousands gather in capital's Independence Square, birthplace of a months-long protest movement, to celebrate the coup.Mali's opposition supporters have flooded into Bamako's central square to celebrate the military overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, which their leaders hailed as a "victory of the Malian people".Thousands on Friday gathered in the capital's Independence Square, the birthplace of a months-long protest movement, many of them draped in Mali's national flag and blasting on vuvuzela horns.They rallied three days after mutinying troops seized the country's 75-year-old president, forced him to announce his resignation and unveiled a military government that would rule until a "transitional president" takes over."We have come here to thank you, to thank the Malian public for its support.
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