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Ousted Honduran leader asks Clinton stand on coup

By: OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya is asking the Obama Administration why, after pressing for his reinstatement, it now says it will recognize upcoming Honduran elections even if he isn't returned to power first.

Dutch islands in Caribbean offerering amnesty to thousands of illegal immigrants

The Netherlands Antilles has launched an amnesty program that will provide residence and working papers for thousands of illegal immigrants.

President Lugo fires Paraguay's military chiefs, a day after denying worries about coup

By: PEDRO SERVIN

Blown-up clinic, unwelcoming village, firefight with Taliban — hurdles for US in Afghan war

By: DAVID GUTTENFELDER




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The official charged with carrying out Iraq's crucial January polls warned Wednesday that they will be delayed if parliament doesn't approve a key electoral bill.

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British mercenary Simon Mann has threatened to settle some old scores after arriving home Wednesday following more than five years in African jails for a failed plot to take over Equatorial Guinea's oil riches.

UN climate pact work moves on, deadline in doubt

Negotiators at a U.N. climate conference in Spain further defined plans for reducing greenhouse emissions and continued work on a draft climate change treaty, with next month's deadline for a legal document increasingly in doubt.

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