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Zelaya's plane circles Honduran runway, can't land

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya waskept from landing at the main Honduras airport Sunday because therunway was blocked by military vehicles and groups of soldiers,some of them clashing with a crowd of thousands outside.

His Venezuelan pilots circled around the airport and decided notto risk a crash.

>>Photos: Protests in Honduras

Zelaya instead landed in Nicaragua on his way...

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