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Lithuanian deputies moved to open impeachment proceedings against President Rolandas Paksas, after the assembly approved a damning report finding he had links with organised crime. Eligijus Masiulis, the head of the Liberal centrist group in the parliament, told AFP a group had been established to collect the necessary signatures for impeachment to be launched, after parliament adopted the report by a vote of 70 to 16. Ten members of the 141-seat assembly abstained, while others were apparently absent. "They are going to create a text for impeachment first and only then will they start to collect signatures," Masiulis told AFP,...