Honduras' interim chief vows to ease crackdown
Posted: September 29, 2009 at 5:02 a.m.
Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, holding a copy of the Honduran Constitution, speaks during a press conference at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Monday.
The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he would restore civil liberties and reopen dissident television and radio stations by the end of the week.
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