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Published 06/30/2009 by AFP via Yahoo!

Honduras unrest flares as world calls for reverse of coup

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) Violence flared in Honduras Monday as demonstrators clashed with police and soldiers in the aftermath of President Manuel Zelaya's ouster, with international pressure mounting for him to be restored to power.

Defying a government curfew, hundreds of angry Zelaya supporters erected...

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...community's "immediate priority is to restore full democratic and constitutional order in that country." Just hours after Zelaya...

Honduras unrest flares as world calls for reverse of coup [AFP via Yahoo! - 06/30/2009]

...at his removal. "In the face of the dictatorial government that intends to be imposed, the countries of ALBA have decided to withdraw our ambassadors and to leave minimal diplomatic representation in Tegucigalpa" said a statement issued...

Honduras unrest flares as world calls for reverse of coup [AFP via Yahoo! - 06/30/2009]

...He said he "had come to the presidency not by a coup d etat but by a completely legal process as set outout in our laws." The interim leader...

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