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Summary
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was blocked from his attempt to fly home to Honduras and at least one person was killed as soldiers clashed with his supporters at the airport in the capital city. Authorities refused permission for Zelaya's plane to land in Tegucigalpa and he flew on first to neighboring Nicaragua and then on to El Salvador where a group of leftist presidents were gathered to back him. Zelaya, a leftist whose term was due to end next year, was pushed out of office by the military and sent into exile a week ago after a dispute over presidential term limits. At least one person was killed in clashes with soldiers after thousands of pro-Zelaya supporters rallied at Tegucigalpa airport, where they broke through fencing near the runway to face a barrage of tear gas, witnesses and emergency service officials said. Two people were badly wounded.
