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Ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya at a news conference on the Nicaraguan border (24 July 2009)
Honduras chief's return scorned
The interim government in Honduras dismisses the brief return of ousted President, Manuel Zelaya, as a stunt.
Honduras' splintered society
Why the coup happened
Profile: Honduras' Manuel Zelaya

Barack Obama Obama regrets 'stupid' comments
US President Barack Obama tells reporters he should not have described the arrest of a black Harvard professor as "stupid".

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 20 July 2009 California passes key budget deal
California lawmakers pass a plan to close a huge budget deficit and send the package to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.


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Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr is arrested outside his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 16 July 2009 (Amateur photograph) Race tensions
Professor's arrest highlights US 'racial profiling'
Joe Biden speaks after receiving an award from Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili during a reception in Tbilisi, Georgia, 22 July 2009 Tough love
Smiling Joe Biden chides Ukraine and Georgia
Hospital room Healthcare debate
Kevin Connolly on what Americans want from reforms

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