Honduras: Vote Postponed on Deal to End Crisis

Congressional leaders decided Tuesday to delay a vote on an accord signed last week that would restore the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, and end the country's four-month-old crisis. The leaders decided not to call Congress out of recess to vote on the agreement and requested opinions on it from the Supreme Court and the attorney general. Foreign governments have said they will not recognize the presidential election on Nov. 29 unless Mr. Zelaya is reinstated first.

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