Honduran Democracy Protesters Lash Out at Barack Obama & CNN
Thousands of Hondurans protested in support of the Nichelettl government this week in Honduras. Tens of thousands of Hondurans demonstrated in support of President Micheletti and against Chavez-lackey Manuel Zelaya who was ousted on Sunday after he tried to remain in office illegally. ( El Heraldo ) Message to Obama. "Obama, help us to defend our democracy, constitution and freedom. Do not support the following Chavez." (Photo by Leonel Estrada- El Heraldo ) Supporters of ousted Honduras'...

UN General Assembly condemns coup in Honduras - Yahoo! News
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously condemned the military coup in Honduras and demanded President Manuel Zelaya 's immediate return to power, a decision the ousted Honduran leader called "historic." The world body adopted a resolution by acclamation, calling on all 192 U.N. member states not to recognize any government in Honduras other than Zelaya's. Zelaya, who was forced into exile in Costa Rica after soldiers stormed his palace early Sunday morning, was...

Video shows Honduran troops shooting protesters' bus tires
Honduran soldiers shot out the tires of buses headed for a demonstration in support of ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya, a video obtained by CNN shows.

Honduras To Meet OAS But Tells Manuel Zelaya "Don't Come"
An interim government in Honduras warned ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay away but indicated it could be more conciliatory in talks on Friday with the Organization of American States over the country's crisis. Roberto Micheletti, head of a caretaker leadership set up after an army coup, said he welcomed the chance to talk with OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza, who was expected to arrive in Honduras early on Friday with an ultimatum to reinstate Zelaya or be suspended from the...

U.S. holds off on cutting aid to Honduras
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it views the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya as a coup but is not legally declaring this for now, a step that would require Washington cut off most aid to Tegucigalpa.

Zelaya Says He'll Return To Honduras
Deposed Honduras President Manuel Zelaya said he will return to Honduras Sunday, even as the man who replaced him after the coup threatened to arrest him. Zelaya said he would arrive at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport with a delegation including the presidents of Argentina, Paraguay and Ecuador, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. His post-coup successor, Roberto Micheletti, said he would have Zelaya arrested if he arrives in the country, the Times reported. If he goes ahead with his pledge,...

Honduran government vows to keep deposed president out
Authorities here closed the airport and restricted the airspace over the nation's capital in anticipation of deposed President Jose Manuel Zelaya's announced return Sunday.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Seeks To Return After OAS Move
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya prepared to fly back home on Sunday, setting the stage for a possible confrontation as the interim government that has defied international pressure said it would not let him enter the country. Honduras' interim government, slapped with suspension from the Organization of American States over its refusal to reinstate Zelaya, said it would refuse Zelaya permission to land. Zelaya, a leftist who had been due to leave power in 2010, was bundled out of office...

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Fails In Bid To Return
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was blocked from his attempt to fly home to Honduras on Sunday and at least one person was killed as soldiers clashed with his supporters at the airport in the capital city. Authorities refused permission for Zelaya's plane to land in Tegucigalpa and he flew on first to neighboring Nicaragua and then on to El Salvador where a group of leftist presidents were gathered to back him. Zelaya, a leftist whose term was due to end next year, was pushed out of office by...

Secretary Clinton Agrees to Meet Deposed Honduran Leader
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to meet with ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, as U.S. and other diplomats intensify their efforts to solve a crisis that has turned into a showdown with coup leaders and threatens to produce more bloodshed.

US Honduras Aid On Hold: State Department
VOA News : The State Department said Thursday it has put much of the U.S. aid program to Honduras on hold pending a legal determination as to whether the overthrow of elected President Manuel Zelaya last Sunday requires an aid cut-off. The United States meanwhile is cautioning Mr. Zelaya against an early attempt to return home. Read the whole story: VOA News

Plane carrying Honduras' Zelaya deviates to El Salvador
    TEGUCIGALPA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' Manuel Zelaya, deposed as president a week ago, on Sunday has had to redirect his aircraft to El Salvador, because air authorities will not allow him to land in the nation, according to Honduras' Aviation Agency.     Earlier on Sunday, the agency ordered the plane carrying Zelaya, who is attempting to return to Honduras, to land in El Salvador instead, according to reports reaching here....

Ousted Honduran leader mulls return after OAS ruling
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya tried to rally support to fly home after the Organization of American States suspended the country because its caretaker government refused to reinstate him.

Dreams - or Nightmares - From Obama's Father?
Anyone who wonders how Barack Obama seems to have come from nowhere to become our 44th President need only read his amazing book, Dreams from My Father . Or, better, you should listen to the audio version of the book, read by Barack Obama himself. This recorded book won a Grammy Award. The award is richly deserved. Obama’s book is a classic of American literature. Those who think he did not write it, that perhaps, as some Internet zanies have alleged, that the radical Bill Ayers wrote it,...

Obama, Putin meet at last, exchange pleasantries - Yahoo! News
NOVO OGARYOVO, Russia – President Barack Obama , meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for the first time, called their talks "an excellent opportunity to put U.S.-Russian relations on a strong footing." Putin told his guest: "With you, we link our hopes for the furtherance of relations between our two countries." Putin warmly greeted Obama for talks on a clear, sunny morning in Nova Ogaryovo, a Moscow suburb where the prime minister's white and yellow traditional...

Louis Susman, Obama's Choice for U.K. Ambassador, Raises Eyebrows
Wall Street Journal : CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama has raised some eyebrows with his decision to send as ambassador to the U.K. a little-known retired investment banker -- and top fund-raiser -- from his hometown who has little diplomatic experience. The post at the Court of St. James's in London is one of the most prestigious in U.S. diplomatic circles. Though largely ceremonial and rarely controversial, it is a prominent position given the close relations between the U.S. and the U.K. In...

Watch Foo Fighters debut new song 'Wheels' for Obama now
Foo Fighters debuted a brand new track for President Obama and military heroes at a special concert at the White House in Washington D.C.

Palin drubs Obama on abortion during Pa. rally
Palin says a vote for Obama is, in her words, "a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate that we deserve and that we need on this issue of life." Palin made her remarks Saturday during a rally before about 5,000 people in Johnstown, about 60 miles east of Pittsburgh. On Saturday night, the self-described "hockey mom" is scheduled to drop the ceremonial first puck when the Flyers open their NHL season in Philadelphia against the New York Rangers. Share with

New GOP "Racist" Headache
After "Barack the Magic Negro" and other GOP racial gaffes, a top Young Republican official—who hopes to be elected chairman Saturday—laughs at a racial slur about President Obama.

College Paper Shows Obama Was a Raving Anti-American Kook
Well, what do you know? The state-run media can do research. It only took them 8 months after the election to release this crazy Far Left anti-American article Barack Obama wrote while in college. Andy McCarthy at The Corner has the story: Nearly six months into the Obama presidency, the mainstream media has finally done a bit of the candidate background reporting it declined to do during the campaign — other than in Wasilla — and whaddya know? The New York Times unearthed a 1983...

Obama, Medvedev Meet In Russia
MOSCOW — Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans _ a major stumbling block to such an agreement. Both men renewed pledges to pull U.S.-Russian relations out of the dismal state into which they had descended during the eight years of the Bush administration. And to that end, they signed a...

Obama agrees arms cuts, Afghan transit with Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visiting President Barack Obama and Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev agreed a target for cuts in nuclear arms and a deal to let U.S. troops fly across Russia at the start of a trip intended to mend strained ties. At a cordial, formal news conference in the Kremlin's vast, gilded St Andrew's Hall, the two leaders spoke of their resolve to put differences behind them and focus on cooperating to solve global problems such as the spread of nuclear weapons. Both mentioned the issues...

The Biggest Threat To Obama's Agenda: Democratic Centrists
The Hill : Half a dozen members of the Senate Democratic Conference pose the biggest threat to President Obama's agenda, giving Senate Republicans a fighting chance to block the administration's major expansions of government. GOP leaders have begun reaching out to these centrists, hoping they will buck their party on Obama's two biggest initiatives: healthcare reform and climate change legislation. Read the whole story: The Hill

Obama's Trip to Russia
President Obama and Dmitry Medvedev have agreed to cut back their stockpiles of nuclear warheads. Plus, view our gallery of Obama's trip.

Obama Endorses Medvedev's Agenda but Pushes for More Democratic Reforms
MOSCOW, July 6 -- President Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday that Russia needs more "consistent" protection of property rights to attract investment and a free press, independent courts and political opposition to fight corruption.