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“Congress is a separate and co-equal branch of government,” he said.

The Togolese leader, Faure Gnassingbé, has been sworn in as "President of the Council of Ministers" - a new post which is the highest office in the government's executive branch and has no official term limits.

"There's no point continuing to fight any more. Life is precious," he said, holding out an olive branch the size of a small palace.

He offered olive branches both to Canadians who did not vote for his Liberal Party and to his political rivals.

The Shetland Bus convoys were part of the Norwegian branch of the SOE, supporting the resistance movement in Norway.