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Article: 1st LD: OAS gives Honduran coup leaders three days to reinstate deposed president
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- July 1, 2009
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1st LD: OAS gives Honduran coup leaders three days to reinstate
deposed president
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of American
States (OAS) gave the coup leaders in Honduras three days to
reinstate deposed president Manuel Zelaya, or the country will face
suspension.
"If within 72 hours the reinstatement doesn't happen, the
(OAS)assembly ... will meet again to suspend Honduras," OAS chief
Jose Miguel Insulza told reporters Wednesday.
OAS members held meetings in the Washington headquarters Tuesday
and decided to take diplomatic and political steps necessary to
restore democracy in Honduras, Insulza said.
Zelaya, toppled and exiled by the military Sunday, gained wide ...