Honduran negotiators on both sides report substantial progress in talks to resolve crisis

October 9th, 2009 More talks in Honduran crisis, but no deal sightedTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Allies of the rival claimants to the Honduran presidency are continuing face-to-face talks on ending the paralyzing political standoff, after visiting diplomats failed to achieve a breakthrough. Three representatives of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and three representing the rival who replaced him in a coup, interim President Roberto Micheletti, will be ensconced in a hotel in the capital Friday for a second day discussing ways to end the crisis.

October 9th, 2009 Honduras police break up protests at site of talksTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Police fired tear gas and a water cannon Friday at protesters outside a hotel where talks on behalf of rival claimants to the Honduran presidency showed little sign of progress. Six negotiators — three each for ousted President Manuel Zelaya and interim President Roberto Micheletti — met for a second day after a diplomatic mission sponsored by the Organization of American States brought them together.

October 8th, 2009 Diplomats leave; talks go on in Honduras crisisTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Diplomats pushed the two sides of the Honduran political conflict into direct talks for the first time in nearly three months, but left the country Thursday with no commitment from the coup-installed government to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Members of the delegation sponsored by the Organization of American States characterized the result of their one-day visit — the establishment of a "table of dialogue" and an agenda for the talks — as a positive step even though the rivals appeared as far apart as ever.

September 25th, 2009 Honduran interim leader: No meeting with ZelayaTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras' interim leader says ousted President Manuel Zelaya might be allowed to leave the foreign embassy where he has taken refuge without being arrested if he is granted political asylum outside the country. Interim President Roberto Micheletti told The Associated Press in an interview late Friday that the final decision would be up to the courts to make.

August 26th, 2009 Mitchell, Netanyahu say progress made at talksWASHINGTON — The Obama administration's Mideast peace envoy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they have "made good progress" at talks aimed at restarting negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. A joint statement from former Sen.

July 27th, 2009 US, China tout mutual goals in economic recoveryWASHINGTON — Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan says he's confident the world economic crisis is easing and his government has high expectations for even more progress in high-level talks this week with U.S. officials. Following Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in kicking off the rare high-level talks for the Washington talks, Wang said he believes the global economy "is at a critical moment of moving out of crisis and into recovery." Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner welcomed Qishan and some 150 Chinese to the talks Monday morning, saying China has gone through a remarkable economic "transformation." He said Beijing and Washington "have acted together" to help the world recover from the financial slump and that it's time to design a "green global economy." THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

July 19th, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran government led by Roberto Micheletti has rejected an immediate accord proposed by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias on the conditional reinstatement of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. As the second round of talks got under way here Saturday, Arias presented a seven-point proposal to defuse the Honduran crisis based on the central condition of reinstating Manuel Zelaya to the presidency, in a mediation that is racing against the clock to show some positive results.

July 19th, 2009 Honduras crisis talks resume after stalemateSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks to end the Honduran political crisis were bogged down Sunday over the key issue between both sides: ousted President Manuel Zelaya's return to fill the remaining months of his term. While Zelaya's negotiators said they agree in principle to a proposed compromise from Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, the government that deposed Zelaya refused to budge on its insistence that he would be arrested and prosecuted if he returns.

July 18th, 2009 Ousted Honduras leader gives talks until midnightTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — An ultimatum from ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya left little room for compromise in U.S.-backed talks Saturday aimed at resolving a crisis that has become the latest test for democracy in Latin America. Zelaya, who was forced into exile in a June 28 military coup, gave negotiators meeting in Costa Rica until midnight to restore him to office, threatening to return to Honduras in secret and attempt to retake power on his own if no agreement is reached.

July 18th, 2009 Honduras crisis talks start, shadowed by ultimatumSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Crucial talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras began Saturday following an ultimatum from ousted President Manuel Zelaya that appeared to leave little room for compromise. Delegates of both sides arrived at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who is mediating the U.S.-backed negotiations.

July 18th, 2009 Mediator proposes return of ousted Honduran leaderSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is giving Honduran negotiators a plan to end a standoff between rival claimants to the presidency. Arias says ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya should return to power at the head of a reconciliation government and that presidential elections should be moved up a month to October.

July 9th, 2009 Honduran leaders talking, at least, in Costa RicaSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras finally got on track Thursday, with both sides showing up at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias for closed-door meetings. The interim Honduran leader, Roberto Micheletti, initially refused to leave the airport for a face-to-face meeting with the man he and his allies ousted in a coup.

June 28th, 2009 Honduran president calls arrest a 'kidnapping'SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says soldiers rousted him out of bed, beat his body guards and arrested him in his pajamas in what he criticized as "a coup" and "a kidnapping." Zelaya told a local television station Sunday that he is at the airport in San Jose, capital of Costa Rica. He said he would not recognize any attempt to name a replacement for him following his detention earlier Sunday.

June 16th, 2009 International mediators suspend Madagascar talksANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — International mediators say they are indefinitely suspending negotiations in Madagascar because the Indian Ocean island's politicians are blocking progress. The talks are aimed at restoring constitutional order and involve representatives of military-backed leader Andry Rajoelina as well as the president he ousted in March.

April 24th, 2009 US-Russia talks on nuclear reduction beginROME — U.S. and Russian negotiators emerged optimistic Friday after talks aimed at creating a new treaty to reduce their nuclear weapon stockpiles.