Hundreds celebrate in Madagascar as president due to address nation | International

People flooded a square in front of the Antananarivo city hall, waving flags and chanting slogans, some hanging off military vehicles as they arrived, AFP reporters saw. Among them were soldiers from the CAPSAT unit, which played a major role in the 2009 coup that first brought Rajoelina to power and on Saturday declared it would "refuse orders to shoot" on demonstrators. Also present were gendarmerie officers, accused of using heavy-handed tactics during the over two weeks of near-daily protests. They admitted in a video statement to "faults and excesses" in their response. The protests erupted in September initially focused on chronic power and water cuts in the impoverished country but developed into a broader anti-government movement that called for...