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TEGUCIGALPA - The Honduran interim government defied international pressure on Wednesday and vowed there was no chance at all of ousted President Manuel Zelaya returning to office.

Adoring fans have flocked to see him on visits around the world, but Barack Obama should expect a far cooler reception in Russia next week.

Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, on Wednesday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddling and demanded an apology before any more talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

Honduras faced growing pressure to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Wednesday after the Organization of American States set a 72-hour deadline to end a crisis triggered by a military coup.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's largest retailer, said on Tuesday that it supports President Barack Obama's push to require large employers to offer health insurance to workers.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's largest retailer, said on Tuesday that it supports President Barack Obama's push to require large employers to offer health insurance to workers.

If plug-in hybrid vehicles proliferate as expected, utilities will be able to handle the added power demand without building new plants or straining transmission power grids as long as owners plug in overnight, the New York grid manager said in a report issued on Monday.

The renewable energy mandate in the climate change bill approved by the House of Representatives last week does not go far enough for green power proponents, but the proposed national standard is likely as strong as it will get.

President Barack Obama, fresh from his first legislative victory on climate policy, expressed confidence on Monday that new greenhouse gas emission limits would become law with help from the U.S. Senate.

Bernard Madoff was sentenced on Monday to 150 years in prison -- the maximum penalty the judge could give him for extraordinarily evil crimes in Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud.

President Barack Obama and his administration said today household and commercial lamps and lighting will face new rules to save energy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

The King of Pop Michael Jackson once wished his funeral to be greatest show on earth.

Israel's Defense Ministry said Monday it had approved construction of 50 new homes at a West Bank settlement as part of a plan for 1,450 housing units, an expansion that defies a U.S. call for a settlement freeze.

Leftist Latin American leaders rallied around ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Monday and tried to thrash out a response to an army coup that sparked protests in the impoverished nation and drew worldwide condemnation.

President Barack Obama on Sunday called a House-passed climate change bill an extraordinary first step, but spoke out against a provision that would impose trade penalties on countries that fail to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

U.S. President Barack Obama has written a private letter to Michael Jackson's family, David Axelrod said on Sunday, a top White House adviser.

Too many regulators will only increase costs and reduce credit opportunities for consumers, JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon warned in a column he wrote in Saturday's Wall Street Journal.

NATO and Russia on Saturday re-launched formal cooperation on security threats, an alliance official said after their first high-level talks since falling out over the Georgia war last year.

Iran has banned an ally of the country's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi from leaving the Islamic state, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

A sweeping U.S. credit card law will mean sharply lower revenue for issuers and may force some out of business, but some of the market leaders could end up even stronger.

President Barack Obama scored a major victory on Friday when the House of Representatives passed legislation to slash industrial pollution that is blamed for global warming.