US sends officials to Honduras for talks - Summary
Washington - The United States will send top envoys to Honduras later this week to press the de facto government there to move to end the ongoing political crisis, the State Department said Tuesday. It will be the first time since Honduran President ...
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OAS chief deplores failure of Honduras deal
Washington - Jose Miguel Insulza, secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Friday deplored the interruption of the deal to solve the crisis in Honduras. Insulza demanded respect, without subterfuges, for a deal that he stre...
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Honduras' de facto leader plans to give up power temporarily
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - De facto Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti is planning to give up power temporarily, from Wednesday to December 2. Micheletti said late Thursday that he contemplates not holding the presidency when the Central American countr...
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Honduras declares holiday after qualifying for World Cup
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras' transitional government declared Thursday a public holiday after the national football team qualified for next year's World Cup in South Africa, providing rare joy to a country embroiled in a political crisis. After ...
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Zelaya rejects government of national unity in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Friday that he regards the deal to end the political crisis in Honduras as having failed. The deal - brokered by the United States and by the Organization of American States (OAS) a...
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Clinton hails agreement to end political crisis in Honduras
Islamabad - United States Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton Friday congratulated the people of Honduras on an agreement aimed at ending the Central American nation's political crisis. Clinton told reporters in Islamabad, where she is visiting,...
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Talks to resolve political crisis in Honduras collapse
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Talks aimed at resolving the political standoff between interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti and ousted president Manuel Zelaya have broken down, representatives of the two sides said. Vilma Morales, a negotiator for ...
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EU urges resumption of dialogue in Honduras
Stockholm - The European Union urged the sides in Honduras to resume the dialogue aimed at restoring ousted President Manual Zelaya to power and expressed concern over the interruption in the process. Sweden, holder of the rotating presidency of ...
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TEAM PROFILE: Can the holiday continue?
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras waited for 27 years to secure their return to a World Cup, and they hold great hopes for South Africa 2010. During this time - close to three decades - generations of football-lovers in the Central American country ac...
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Voters in Honduras told to hand in guns before elections
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduran authorities began disarming voters in a bid to avoid violent confrontations at Sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections. The order to hand in weapons also applies to gun owners with licences, authorities said...
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Negotiators broker preliminary deal for Zelaya's reinstatement
Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Negotiators representing both sides in Honduras' ongoing institutional crisis brokered a deal Wednesday for the reinstatement of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. No further details on the agreement were made public. ...
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Honduras requests UN court reprimand Brazil for hosting Zelaya
The Hague - Honduras has filed an application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Brazil for giving ousted president Manuel Zelaya refuge at its embassy in Tegucigalpa, the UN- sponsored court announced on Thursday. In the application...
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Honduras asks UN court for Brazil reprimand Brazil - Summary
The Hague/Rio de Janeiro - Honduras has filed an application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Brazil for giving ousted president Manuel Zelaya refuge at its embassy in Tegucigalpa, the UN-sponsored court announced on Thursday. But ...
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EXTRA: Shannon spells out US position on Honduras
Tegucigalpa - The United States pried open stalled negotiations over Honduras' political crisis Thursday, demanding political will from disputing parties and getting directly involved for the first time in the four-month-old dispute over who can le...
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