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Updated on 30 June 2009

By Jonathan Miller

The president of Honduras is to address the United Nations after being overthrown by a military coup.

Soldiers in Honduras (picture: Reuters)

Manuel Zelaya plans to return to his country on Thursday, accompanied by other Latin American leaders.

He was forced out of the country at the weekend after fierce opposition from the army and the courts to his attempt to change the constitution so he could run for re-election.

But the streets of the capital, Tegucigalpa, were calmer today after rioting overnight.

 

 

 

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