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Honduras denies Zelaya jet from landing

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:30:03 EDT

A jet carrying deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya was unable to land at Tegucigalpa's airport Sunday evening amid a tense standoff between government troops and Zelaya's supporters.

Iranian clerics dispute election results

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:18:12 EDT

Top clerics and seminary students in Iran's holy city of Qom have come out against the results of the disputed June Iranian presidential election, which was declared a landslide victory for the hard-line incumbent.

Mexican midterm elections begin

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:10:38 EDT

Mexican voters headed to the polls Sunday for nationwide midterm elections, seen by many analysts as a referendum on Mexican President Felipe Calderon's performance.

Medvedev 'optimistic' about U.S. relations

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:32:08 EDT

On the eve of a two-day summit with U.S. President Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says both countries are "moderately optimistic" about "resetting" their relations.

Unrest among Uyghur residents in China

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:25:18 EDT

Ethnic Uyghur residents in Urumqi, capital of China's far west Xinjiang region, took to the streets Sunday afternoon in a rare public protest that prompted a police lockdown of the city.

North Korea test-fires more missiles, Seoul says

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:00:51 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.

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

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:56:14 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.

Flight recorders located from Yemen crash

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:12:45 EDT

Investigators have heard a signal from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia Airways plane that crashed last week, they announced Sunday.

Britiain warns Iran about embassy staffer arrest

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:24:15 EDT

"There will be consequences" if Iran mistreats a British Embassy employee who was arrested in Tehran, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday, as cracks began to appear in the Iranian leadership.

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.