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The vainglorious Manuel Zelaya compared himself to Jesus after being been bundled out of bed at gunpoint by his own soldiers and sent into exile, observes Philip Sherwell.

Cuba relations are once again front and center as the just ended meeting of the Organization of American States in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, demonstrated.

Spanish-born journalist Jose Sobrino Dieguez has died at his Manhattan home. He was 79 years old.

Fifty years ago, Fidel Castro seized power in cuba, the Army promoted Elvis to Spec 4, and Alaska and Hawaii gained statehood.

In the nine days since he was booted from the Honduran presidency by force, Manuel Zelaya as been to six cities in five countries.

What happened in 1959 the year you were born , or was 1959 the year you graduated.

OK, let's get away from all the screaming headlines and global half-truths and examine the real story.

The people of Honduras are pleading for media fairness and understanding of how they saved their democratic system of government from an international conspiracy based in Venezuela and Cuba.

When Monsignor Agustn Romn was expelled from Cuba in 1961, he thought he had been deprived of his sacred mission to serve his people.

The Organization of American States prepared to suspend Honduras today after a caretaker government refused to restore ousted president Manuel Zelaya and defiantly renounced the OAS charter in an apparent preemptive move.

Nearly 50 years ago, a group of about 40 boys from Cuba -- part of Operation Pedro Pan -- became possibly the first large group of modern-day refugees to settle in Fort Wayne, Ind.

It took the Obama administration eight days to figure out whether Iranians being gunned down for protesting a fraudulent election and demanding basic civil liberties deserved to be acknowledged by the president of the United States.

The upheaval in Iran may have ended and, conversely, it may have hardly begun, but from what we have seen so far, several mostly somber conclusions already arise.

Cyril Svoboda, head of the Czech Christian Democrats and former foreign minister, criticised the EU's pragmatic approach to Havana on arrival from a private visit to Cuba Thursday.

Managua, Jun 29 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned on Monday that in coming hours, some actors could try to abate the situation in Honduras.

An eccentric populist to some, a phony, wannabe president-for-life to others, Honduras' exiled President Manuel Zelaya carries a curious pedigree.

Footage of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at her 40th birthday party digitised by the archive's current owner, the Associated Press.

I'm sympathetic with the Obama administration's caution in confronting events in Iran.

The Honduran coup is a reaction to Chvez's rule by the mob. As military "coups" go, the one this weekend in Honduras was strangely, well, democratic.

Jun. 30--She was a young woman then, and they were heady times in Havana. President Fulgencio Batista was gone, and a charismatic new leader promised Cuba a new start.