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| Deadline for Honduras over leader |
| The Organization of American States (OAS) has given the interim Honduran government three days to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 1-July-2009
3:58:34 AM |
| OAS head Jose Miguel Insulza said if Honduras failed to comply the regional grouping would vote on suspending it.
Mr Zelaya's expulsion by the army on Sunday has been widely criticised abroad, and he has vowed to return.
But the interim leader says that if Mr Zelaya returns, he will be arrested on charges of violating the constitution.
He will also be charged with having links with organised crime and drug-traffickers
Mr Zelaya has said he will return on Thursday, and is expected to be accompanied by Mr Insulza and the presidents of Argentina and Ecuador.
However he has pledged not to seek another term in office if reinstated. Steps he had taken to change the constitution are seen as triggering his removal.
The United Nations passed a resolution on Tuesday calling "firmly and categorically on all states to recognise no government other than that" of Mr Zelaya.
But thousands of people have been demonstrating in the capital Tegucigalpa against the return of the ousted leader, whose popularity has slumped in opinion polls to around 30% in recent months.
The BBC's Stephen Gibbs in Tegucigalpa says they are very determined to prevent him being reinstated and appear to outnumber his supporters, at least in the capital.
On Monday, groups of his supporters defied a curfew, clashing with police in the city centre.
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