TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Thousands of people swarmed Tegucigalpa's airport Sunday in a raucous and sometimes violent cry to demand the return of toppled President Manuel Zelaya, whose homecoming was postponed when Honduran authorities refused to let his plane land.

Soldiers and police in riot gear formed a human shield around the runway, and the military used tear gas to break up rock-throwing protesters. At least one demonstrator died when he was shot in the head as he tried to scale a security fence.

The violence came one week after Zelaya was spirited out of his country by soldiers who hustled him onto a plane to Costa Rica. His attempt to return came after the Organization of American States on Saturday suspended Honduras's membership. » read more

BAGHDAD — Shamal - Accented on the second syllable, that means the ill wind that blows in summer across Iraq, and other countries in the region, stirring sandstorms in its wake.

Vice President Joe Biden found out late last week what 25 million Iraqis have known for a long time-everybody talks about them, but nobody can do anything about them. His chopper flight from a U.S. base to the International Zone was canceled when a shamal turned the skies over Baghdad and beyond the same color as Biden's khaki desert boots.

He wound up donning body armor and a helmet for a caravan to his meetings with Iraqi leaders and others. Several NFL coaches visiting troops in Iraq also found their plane to Kuwait delayed a day. » read more

WIMBLEDON, England -- Pete Sampras, Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg watched from the front row of the Wimbledon Centre Court Royal Box Sunday afternoon as Roger Federer aimed to make history and reclaim the No. 1 ranking.

American Andy Roddick, undaunted by the occasion, stood in the way. He put in the most courageous performance of his career, but still came up short in the longest men's final in the tournament's 132-year history. The final score was 5-7, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 16-14 after four hours and 18 minutes of thrilling drama.

It was Federer's 15th Grand Slam title, breaking Sampras' record. It was also his sixth Wimbledon championship, and the third he won over Roddick. The American received a roaring ovation from the crowd after the marathon match, but that didn't dull the pain that was so evident on his face. Roddick left everything he had on that hallowed lawn, and it wasn't enough. » read more

MOSCOW — When President Barack Obama flies into Moscow on Monday for meetings with Kremlin leadership, at the top of his agenda will be reducing the number of strategic nuclear weapons capable of destroying life on Earth. And that might be the easy part.

Obama's trip to Russia is viewed on both sides of the Atlantic as a chance to resuscitate relations between the two nations after they fell to post-Cold War lows during the presidency of George W. Bush.

In order to do so, Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appear to be taking a more pragmatic tack than did their predecessors: concentrating first on the issues that in the parlance of the diplomatic community are "deliverables," things that can get done, instead of getting stuck on thornier issues. » read more

WASHINGTON — The Organization of American States voted late Saturday to suspend Honduras from the group over the military ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, who minutes later vowed to return to his country Sunday despite warnings it would be too dangerous.

The group voted 33 to 0 just before midnight to bar Honduras immediately, saying the ouster of Zelaya had created an "unconstitutional alteration of the democratic order.''

Earlier, the group's secretary general, Jose Miguel Insulza, reported that he'd failed to broker a deal for Zelaya's return during a one-day visit to Honduras. » read more