TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Protesters demanding the return of their ousted president clashed with police and army troops here Monday, as the day-old provisional government found itself severely isolated with world leaders from President Barack Obama to Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez condemning Sunday’s coup. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Honduras’s acting leader Roberto...
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Teams searching the Indian Ocean for survivors of the crash of a passenger jet from Yemen early Tuesday have rescued a child, officials there said, as air safety authorities in Europe raised questions about the plane that went down near the island nation of Comoros with 153 people on board. The plane, Flight 626,...
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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he will return to his country later this week. Mr. Zelaya announced the plans late Monday during a meeting of Latin American leaders in Nicaragua. Ousted Honduras’ President Zelaya (L) and Nicaragua’s President Ortega read final declaration of ALBA summit in Nicaragua, 29 Jun 2009 Ousted Honduras’ President...
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The airline operating an Airbus A310-300 jet that crashed in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday with 153 people aboard was being monitored by EU authorities, according to France’s transport minister. Dominique Bussereau told French television that inspectors in his country had also noted several faults on the doomed Yemenia Airways plane, Agence France-Presse reported....
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Human Rights Watch charged Tuesday that Israeli pilots failed to verify targets of drone aircraft at least six times during the Gaza war, firing missiles that killed at least 29 civilians. Marc Garlasco, a senior military analyst with the group, charged that drone operators had fired before making sure their targets were actual threats....
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Iran’s Guardian Council has confirmed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the country’s president, following a partial recount of votes from the disputed presidential election of June 12. State television said that Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the council’s secretary, had presented Sadegh Mahsouli, the minister of the interior, with a letter saying it had approved the election after a recount of 10 per cent of...
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduras’ newly appointed leader vowed Monday to resist pressure from across the Americas to reinstate the president ousted in a military coup, as protesters burned tires outside the occupied presidential palace. Leaders from Hugo Chavez to Barack Obama called for the reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya, who was arrested in his pajamas...
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But all opposition candidates in the disputed June 12 presidential election say they won’t participate; two call it a ploy. Iranian authorities today announced that a recount of 10% of the ballots cast in the disputed June 12 presidential election had begun even though all the opposition candidates, who have alleged irregularities or vote...
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El Secretario General de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon, expresó hoy gran preocupación por las tensiones políticas e institucionales en Honduras y urgió a todas las partes a mantener la calma. Ban consideró importante que los líderes del país actúen con pleno apego al imperio de la ley y a las instituciones democráticas. Además, los...
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29 June 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his deep concern over the reported coup in Honduras, voicing his strong support for the nation’s democratic institutions and speaking out against the arrest of its constitutional President. According to media reports, President José Manuel Zelaya Rosales was overthrown yesterday, when a referendum was slated...
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