During a press briefing in Washington, Assistant U.S.Secretary of State Philip Crowley urged the interim Honduran government to accept a Costa-Rican brokered plan that would reinstate Mr.Zelaya.

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Also Friday, Assistant Secretary of State William Burns was scheduled to meet with several Arab ambassadors to press them on the need to get Arafat to take stronger steps to combat terrorism and reduce violence in the region.

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