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TAIPEI, Taiwan a ' Nicaragua's president apologized for standing up Taiwan's leader during a state visit a ' an insult that had prompted Taiwan to threaten to recall its envoy in protest, local media reported Sunday.

A plane carrying deposed President Manuel Zelaya was blocked from landing in Honduras as he tried to enter the country and resume power.

Bruce Weber From Friday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Sunday, Jul. 05, 2009 05:54PM EDT A lexis Arguello was a boxer who won titles in three weight classes, entered politics after his retirement and last fall was elected mayor of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua and his home town.

ODD OCCURRENCES: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega failed to show up at the airport to greet Ma, snubbed him at a dinner banquet and left him waiting in a car By Mo Yan-chih STAFF REPORTER Sunday, Jul 05, 2009, Page 1 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, holds hands with his Taiwanese counterpart Ma Ying-Jeou during a press conference in ...

DAMN, this is a real bummer. I grew up watching Alexis' fights. "El Flaco Explosivo" was a national hero in Nicaragua and the whole country would shut down when he fought.

MIAMI - For most of Alexis Arguello's life as a three-division world champion, "home" was a foreign concept.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will stand. AP Photo MNG108, MNG107 MANAGUA, Nicaragua Investigators have released new evidence that points to suicide in the death of Managua Mayor and boxing great Alexis Arguello.

President Ma Ying-jeou, left, applauds as Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli walks to give a speech during his inauguration in Panama City on Wednesday.

Alexis Arguello, who battled his way to three world boxing titles in the ring but lost several bouts with personal demons outside the ropes, was found dead early Wednesday at his home in Managua, Nicaragua.

In this Nov. 12, 1982 file photo, Alexis Arguello covers up as defending champ Aaron Pryor throws a hard right during the second round of boxing action at the Orange Bowl in Miami.Nearly three decades ago, a ferocious puncher and brilliant ring tactician waged one of boxing's epic brawls under the twinkling lights of the Orange Bowl in Miami, a ...

Managua, Nicaragua mayor Alexis Arguello as a candidate in November 2008. Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP The controversial Sandinista mayor of Managua, Alexis Arguello, a former world boxing champion, has been found dead at his home with a gunshot wound.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello, a three-time world boxing champion, has been found dead.Presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo confirms the death.His Sandinista party's Radio Ya says coroners are conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death.Arguello once fought against the Sandinistas in the 1980s, but joined the ...

The presidents of nations of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas have met for an emergency meeting in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua.

By Tim Rogers Correspondent, CSMonitor Managua, Nicaragua - Facing what is perhaps the greatest challenge to regional stability since the end of the Central American wars more than a decade ago, the presidents of this tiny yet tumultuous isthmus are scheduled to meet in Managua Monday afternoon to round the wagons in defense of Honduras's recently ...

San Jose, Jun 28 President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya confirmed he is in Costa Rica, as he was kidnapped by Honduran military officers, who dragged him from his residence.

Managua, Jun 26 The Second ALBA-Education Workshop, taking place in the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, is to be closed Friday with the proclamation of the country''s southern department of Granada as free of illiteracy.

Express kidnappings have increased in the past year, with incidents involving Americans in several cities.

C offee shops are certainly not new to Central Florida, but great independent ones are difficult to find.

By Jose Adan Silva MANAGUA - "Don't worry, your job will be here when you come back," Lorena Castillo's supervisor reassured her when she asked to take a day off for a gynaecologist appointment.

Six miners suffocated and five others were rescued alive following a gasoline spill inside a tunnel in Cerro Potosi, a mining area in Nicaragua's Caribe Norte region, an emergency management office spokesman said.