Article from: Agence France-Presse
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25824087-12377,00.htmlTHE interim foreign minister of Honduras rapidly extinguished hopes of a last ditch deal to resolve the deep crisis there, insisting that ousted President Manuel Zelaya could not return.
Shortly beforehand, crisis mediator and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias proposed that Mr Zelaya return Friday, in an expansion of a first plan already rejected by the de facto leaders who backed the army's expulsion of the Honduran leader on June 28.
"The return of Mr Zelaya as president ... impossible," interim foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras said on CNN's Spanish edition in Costa Rica.
Everything else was up for negotiation, he added.
De facto leader Roberto Micheletti said in Honduras that he would withhold comment until the negotiators returned from Costa Rica.
Honduras in crisis as talks fail
(UKPA) – 7 minutes ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jdYXpqtMbjPWj-Erx8MWuxRPPDWATalks on resolving the Honduran political crisis appear headed for failure after the interim government indicated it would reject a mediator's final proposal for returning ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power.
Mr Zelaya, who is in neighbouring Nicaragua, declared the mediation effort a failure and vowed to return to Honduras on Friday without an agreement. He said he would travel to northern Nicaragua on Thursday and try to cross the border by land the next day accompanied by his wife and children.
"The coup leaders are totally refusing my reinstatement," Mr Zelaya said during a brief news conference in the Nicaraguan capital Managua. "By refusing to sign, (the talks) have failed."