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Published 06/30/2009 by VOA News


UN General Assembly Condemns Honduran Coup

The U.N. General Assembly has condemned Sunday's coup in Honduras that expelled President Manuel Zelaya from the country and has called for his restoration to power. In a vote by acclamation, the 192-member states of the United Nations agreed Tuesday not to recognize any other government in Honduras...

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...and illegal. "A number of charges have been leveled against your humble servant in Honduras. But I have not been put onon trial" he said. 'I have not...
...trial,' he said. "I have not been called to the stand to defend myself. Nobody has told me what my crime is, nobody has indicated what my errors [are], no accusations have been brought to my attention by any judge." Honduran soldiers, acting...
...in his pajamas. "I was awoken by shouts, by hammering against the door below, screams. And I awoke and rose still in my night clothes and saw an entire contingent of armed officials with helmets, with rifles, who pushed me out into the street jostling me" said President Zelaya...

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Clinton calls for talks on Honduras [Reuters Video: Top News - 07/08/2009]
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