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Published: October 8, 2009
Updated: 10/08/2009 12:30 am
Honduras' leader must be restored, group says
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Diplomats from around the hemisphere flew into Honduras yesterday and told the coup-imposed government to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and restore democracy to the impoverished Central American country.
"We are not here to create a debate. We are here to find concrete solutions to a situation that cannot be prolonged," Jose Miguel Insulza, the secretary-general of the Organization of American States, said as talks began in the capital, Tegucigalpa.
Zelaya gave the negotiators an ultimatum, calling for the postponement of Nov. 29 presidential elections if he is not restored to office before Oct. 15. That proposal is certain to anger the interim government, which views the elections -- scheduled before Zelaya's June 28 overthrow -- as the best hope of moving past the crisis.
Italian prime minister says he won't quit despite ruling
ROME -- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed yesterday to stay on and "go forward" after an Italian court struck down a law granting him immunity from prosecution and allowed trials for corruption and tax fraud to resume in Milan. There were immediate calls for his resignation.
The decision by the Constitutional Court dealt Berlusconi one of the most serious blows in his 15-year-long battle with the Italian judiciary. It handed prosecutors another chance to ask for his conviction and added to a list of problems that already includes a headline-grabbing sex scandal.
Saudi man sentenced to 5 years for talking about sex
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A Saudi court convicted a man yesterday for publicly talking about sex after he bragged on a TV talk show about his exploits, sentencing him to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes, his attorney said.
Lawyer Sulaiman al-Jumeii said he plans to appeal the court's ruling and is confident the sentence against his client, which includes a ban on travel and talking to the media for five years after his release, will be revoked.
Hundreds rally demanding Russia find activists' killers
MOSCOW -- Hundreds of people urged Russian authorities to find and punish the killers of journalists and human-rights activists in Russia, rallying yesterday to mark the third anniversary of the killing of Anna Politkovskaya.
Politkovskaya, an internationally known journalist, was a harsh critic of the Kremlin and exposed widespread human-rights abuses and corruption in Chechnya. Prosecutors have said little about who might have ordered the contract-style killing of her on Oct. 7, 2006, and the suspected gunman is thought to be hiding abroad. Three men accused of playing minor roles in the killing remain under investigation.
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