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Honduran military ousts president ahead of vote

Soldiers try to prevent journalists from filming as they patrol the area around the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa, Sunday June 28, 2009. Soldiers arrested Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya and disarmed his security guards after surrounding his residence before dawn Sunday, his private secretary said. Protesters called it a coup and flocked to the presidential palace as local news media reported that Zelaya was sent into exile. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Honduran army soldiers stand in guard at the presidential residency in Tegucigalpa Sunday June 28, 2009. Soldiers seized Honduras' national palace and sent Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica on Sunday, hours before a disputed constitutional referendum. Full Article at The Washington Post

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  1. I want to return to my country ... I am president of Honduras.
    – Manuel Zelaya SOURCE: The Washington Post 5 months ago
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    SOURCE: The Washington Post 5 months ago
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  1. A journalist holds a set of stamps featuring a portrait of Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti for a photographer in Tegucigalpa December 4, 2009.
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