Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti (R) speaks with former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos (C) and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis (L) during a meeting at the presidential house in Tegucigalpa November 4, 2009. Honduran lawmakers on Tuesday put off a vote on whether to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and asked the Supreme Court for its view, bucking outside pressure to quickly end a four-month political crisis. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti (R) speaks with former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos (C) and U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis (L) during a meeting at the presidential house in Tegucigalpa November 4, 2009. Honduran lawmakers on Tuesday put off a vote on whether to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and asked the Supreme Court for its view, bucking outside pressure to quickly end a four-month political crisis.

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  3. Leftist Italian militant Cesare Battisti is escorted by Brazilian federal police officers as he leaves the Federal Justice building in Rio de Janeiro December 10, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source.
  4. Leftist Italian militant Cesare Battisti (R) is escorted by Brazilian federal police officers as he leaves the Federal Justice in Rio de Janeiro December 10, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source.
  5. Leftist Italian militant Cesare Battisti is escorted by Brazilian federal police officers as he leaves the Federal Justice building in Rio de Janeiro December 10, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source.
  6. Leftist Italian militant Cesare Battisti is escorted by Brazilian federal police officers as he leaves the Federal Justice building in Rio de Janeiro December 10, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source.
  7. Leftist Italian militant Cesare Battisti is escorted by Brazilian federal police officers as he leaves the Federal Justice building in Rio de Janeiro December 10, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source.
  8. Leftist Italian militant Cesare Battisti is escorted by Brazilian federal police officers as he leaves the Federal Justice building in Rio de Janeiro December 10, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source.
  9. Leftist Italian militant Cesare Battisti (R) is escorted by Brazilian federal police officers as he leaves the Federal Justice building in Rio de Janeiro December 10, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source.
  10. Karen Torre, left, pins a badge on Lieutenant Frank Ricci during the promotion ceremony for a group of firefighters at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Torre was the lawyer for the group of white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Some of the firefighters who won the case were promoted during the ceremony.
  11. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: House (Select) Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) (5th R) speaks during a news conference with fellow House Republicans in front of the U.S. Supreme Court December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Republicans blasted Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terrorists to American soil for trial, saying it gives these terrorists constitutional rights and access to the American judicial system.
  12. Chief Michael Grant, left, of the New Haven Fire Department pins a badge on Lieutenant Timothy Kieley, right, during the promotion ceremony for New Haven firefighters at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. A group of the firefighters who were promoted won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  13. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) participates a news conference with fellow House Republicans in front of the U.S. Supreme Court December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Republicans blasted Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terrorists to American soil for trial, saying it gives these terrorists constitutional rights and access to the American judicial system.
  14. New Haven Mayor John DeStefano takes part in the promotion ceremony for New Haven firefighters at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. A group of the firefighters who were promoted won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  15. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 10: House (Select) Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) (5th R) speaks during a news conference with fellow House Republicans in front of the U.S. Supreme Court December 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Republicans blasted Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other terrorists to American soil for trial, saying it gives these terrorists constitutional rights and access to the American judicial system.
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  1. Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti (3rd R) meets President-elect Porfirio Lobo Soza (2nd L) inside the Presidental house in Tegucigalpa December 14, 2009.
  2. Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti (3rd R) meets President-elect Porfirio Soza (L) inside the Presidental house in Tegucigalpa December 14, 2009.
  3. In this picture released by Honduras' presidential house, Honduras' President-elect Porfirio Lobo, left, gestures next to Honduras' interim President Roberto Micheletti, right, during a meeting in Tegucigalpa, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Lobo said he is willing to meet with ousted President Manuel Zelaya "anywhere" to help end the country's political crisis. The man at center is unidentified.
  4. Dolls representing Honduras' interim President Roberto Micheletti, below, and Honduras' Army Gen. Romeo Vasquez , top, are held by a supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya at a protest in Tegucigalpa, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Zelaya was ousted from power in June.
  5. Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti smiles during a military ceremony in Tegucigalpa December 10, 2009.
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  7. Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos delivers a speech in front of a billboard of Chilean presidential candidate Eduardo Frei, from the government coalition, after a meeting at a hotel in Santiago December 13, 2009. Chileans vote on Sunday for a new president. Chileans vote on Sunday for a new president, and polls tip conservative Chilean billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera to lead the election and go on to win a January run-off, ousting the left that has ruled for 20 years since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. The billboard reads "Everyone by Chile, everyone by Frei".
  8. Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos walks past a billboard of Chilean presidential candidate Eduardo Frei, from the government coalition, after a meeting at a hotel in Santiago December 13, 2009. Chileans vote on Sunday for a new president. Chileans vote on Sunday for a new president, and polls tip conservative Chilean billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera to lead the election and go on to win a January run-off, ousting the left that has ruled for 20 years since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
  9. Chilean presidential candidate Eduardo Frei (L), from the government coalition, and former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos drink coffee at a hotel in Santiago December 13, 2009. Chileans voted on Sunday for a new president, and polls tip conservative Chilean billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera to lead the election and go on to win a January run-off, ousting the left that has ruled for 20 years since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
  10. Chilean presidential candidate Eduardo Frei (R), from the government coalition, shakes hands with former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos during a meeting at a hotel in Santiago December 13, 2009. Chileans voted on Sunday for a new president, and polls tip conservative Chilean billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera to lead the election and go on to win a January run-off, ousting the left that has ruled for 20 years since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
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  13. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: Members of the Obama administration, including White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers (2R), participate in the opening session of the administration's Jobs and Economic Growth Forum in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building December 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Vice President Joe Biden also delivered remarks. The White House is billing the forum as an opportunity for Obama and his economic team to hear from CEOs, small business owners, labor leaders and nonprofit heads about economic policy.
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  16. Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (L) greets José Octavio Borbon (R) and Enrique Correa, representatives of US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa on November 5, 2009. Zelaya will not present candidates for a national unity government, due to start work Thursday, unless congress first returns him to power, one of his advisers said.

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