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Honduras vows to keep deposed president out

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:08:32 EDT

Authorities here closed the airport and restricted the airspace over the nation's capital in anticipation of deposed President Jose Manuel Zelaya's announced return Sunday.

Ahmadinejad reportedly wants talk with Obama

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:18:00 EDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wants to engage President Obama in "negotiations" before international media, a semi-official Iranian news outlet reported on Saturday.

Mexican vote seen as referendum on Calderon

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:21:08 EDT

Mexican President Felipe Calderon will wake up a lame duck Monday. How lame will depend largely on nationwide midterm elections Sunday.

North Korea test-fires more missiles, Seoul says

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:12:42 EDT

North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, an act that the U.S. watched closely and South Korea called provocative.

Airline cancels route after Comoros crash

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:14:46 EDT

Yemenia Airways is canceling all its flights between Yemen and the Comoros Islands after this week's crash on the same route, the airline said Saturday.

2 U.S. troops killed in eastern Afghanistan

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:11:49 EDT

Two U.S. servicemembers were killed and four were wounded by an explosion in eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. military spokesman said Saturday.

Myanmar denies U.N. chief a visit with Suu Kyi

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:57:29 EDT

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon was denied permission to see Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, reporters traveling with the secretary-general said Saturday.

Ex-Iranian president seeks to free detainees

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:18:22 EDT

Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian reformist party newspaper reported on Thursday.

26 dead in Pakistan helicopter crash

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:54:06 EDT

A military helicopter crashed Friday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 26 security personnel on board, the Pakistani military said.

3 kids among 6 killed in London high-rise fire

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:08:25 EDT

Six people were killed, including three children, when a fire broke out in a high-rise apartment building in south London on Friday, officials said. The fire started on the fourth floor, eventually engulfing 12 floors and gutting apartments along the way.