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- ↑ "Poder 360° - Page One Daily News - New Ministerial Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ↑ "Tense calm returns to Honduras after coup - People's Daily Online".
- ↑ Honduran leader keeps military chief behind coup
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