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Published 06/29/2009 by Xinhua News Agency

Backgrounder: key facts about Republic of Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya was ousted by a military coup on Sunday and was taken to Costa Rica. The following is some basic facts about the Central American country.

Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south...

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Reaction to the Honduran crisis

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