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Ousted Zelaya returns to Honduras Ousted Honduran leader 'returns'
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Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has returned to his country, almost three months after the coup which overthrew him, officials say. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he has returned to his country, almost three months after the coup which overthrew him.
"I am here in Tegucigalpa," he told local TV. An aide said he was in the UN building in the capital."I am here in Tegucigalpa," he told local TV. An aide said he was in the UN building in the capital.
President Hugo Chavez, a close ally of the deposed president, also told Venezuelan TV that Mr Zelaya was back.President Hugo Chavez, a close ally of the deposed president, also told Venezuelan TV that Mr Zelaya was back.
The left-leaning president had been living in exile since being forced to leave the country on 28 June. But a government spokesman denied Mr Zelaya was inside the country. He was ousted on 28 June.
The left-leaning president had been living in exile since then.
The country's de facto rulers, led by Mr Zelaya's former ally Roberto Micheletti, have threatened to arrest him if he returns.
The crisis erupted after Mr Zelaya tried to hold a non-binding public consultation to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution.