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Ousted Zelaya Heads to DC to Meet Clinton

Aims to shore up backing for return to power in Honduras

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 7, 2009 10:40 AM CDT

(AP) – Diplomatic efforts to restore Manuel Zelaya to Honduras' presidency shifted back to Washington today as his supporters threatened to escalate protests and disrupt business across the empoverished Central American nation. A day after failing to land in Honduras to confront the interim government that ousted... Read full story »

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