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United States' Graham Zusi (7) holds off Canada's Russell Tiebert (11) in the first half of an exhibition soccer match Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

U.S. tunes up for World Cup qualifiers with scoreless draw

By Chris Duncan - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. men's soccer assistant coach Thomas Dooley and head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, look on from the sidelines during the warmups before a friendly between Mexico and the United States on Wednesday in Philadelphia. The U.S. tied Mexico, 1-1, after Robbie Rogers scored a late second-half goal. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

U.S. has defensive concerns ahead of World Cup qualifiers

By Chris Duncan - Associated Press

Briefly: Chavez faces cancer battle, another operation

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Wilfredo Yanes sits on his motorcycle Oct. 17, 2012, shows pictures of his late son Ebed Jaasiel Yanes, 15, at the site where he was shot dead, allegedly by soldiers in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. According to his relatives, Yanes was killed by soldiers early May 27, when he was riding a motorcycle near a military checkpoint. (Associated Press)

Dad seeks justice for slain son in broken Honduras

By Alberto Arce - Associated Press

D.C. United midfielder Andy Najar returned to training Tuesday after representing Honduras in the Olympics. The 19-year-old started three matches as Los Catrachos made a surprise run to the quarterfinals. (The Washington Times)

After Olympics, it’s back to work for United’s Andy Najar

By Thomas Floyd - The Washington Times

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at 1:45 a,m, EDT shows a swirl of clouds in the western Caribbean Sea associated with Tropical Storm Ernesto as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula. Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane being landfall just north of Belize late Tuesday evening. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

Tropical Storm Ernesto swirls off Honduras coast

By Alberto Arce - Associated Press

This NOAA satellite image, taken Aug. 6, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT, shows cloud cover ahead of a cold front that extends from the Lower Great Lakes to the Lower Mississippi Valley. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)

Tropical storm heads for pass along Honduras coast

Associated Press

In this July 29, 2012 photo, an artist who calls himself the Urban Maeztro and prefers to remain anonymous for security reasons, works on a black-and-white reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" holding a pink gun at his studio before hanging it in a public space in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The 26-year-old graphic artist left his day job at an advertising agency to work on pieces like this one, to encourage Hondurans think about how violent their country has become. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

Mona Lisa packs gun in Honduras

By Alberto Arce - Associated Press

preston keres/special to the washington times

D.C. United midfielder Andy Najar stated his intentions of playing for Honduras in April 2011.

Olympics 2012: A European audition for Najar?

By Thomas Floyd - The Washington Times

Briefly: DEA raid at remote airstrip part of aggressive strategy

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Hilaria Zavala, interviewed on Monday, May 21, 2012, says six men kicked in her door about 3 a.m. on Friday, May 11, threw her husband on the ground, put a gun to his head and then took him away for two hours during a commando drug raid in Ahuas, Honduras. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

DEA-backed commando raid followed Honduran drug shooting

By Alberto Arce - Associated Press

Hondurans demand U.S. drug agents leave after shooting

By Freddy Cuevas and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

Hondurans demand ouster of U.S. agents after deaths

By Freddy Cuevas and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

Maya exhibit in Philly seeks to dispel 2012 myths

By KATHY MATHESON - Associated Press

"Everything's been all right so far, but going forward, I'm afraid. Sometimes criminal guys hop on the train, and they'll rob you or kill you. ... Yeah, I'm scared." -Victor Caseres, 26, who had traveled 750 miles by hopping freight trains to arrive at the shelter (Keith Dannemiller/Special to The Washington Times)

Central Americans determined to trek north to U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Blanca Flores, wife of dead inmate Oscar Soto, cries outside the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, on Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012. A fire started by an inmate late Tuesday tore through the prison, killing 358 inmates, said Supreme Court Justice Richard Ordonez, who is leading the investigation. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Report: Most Honduras fire inmates were awaiting trial

By Christin Armario and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

A woman grieves hysterically Wednesday outside the burned-out prison in Comayagua, Honduras. The local governor, a former prison employee, told reporters an inmate called her to say he was going to set the lockup ablaze and kill everyone inside.

Hundreds die in fire started in a prison

By Freddy Cuevas - Associated Press

Inmates' relatives stand at the gates of the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, early on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, after a fire broke out inside the facility Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

As many as 356 killed in Honduras prison fire

By Freddy Cuevas - Associated Press

A police forensic team examines the bodies of three people said to be gang members and killed by unidentified assailants in the village of Los Hornos, Honduras. Honduras has become a main transit route for South American cocaine, a trend that has helped drive the country's homicide rate to the highest level in the world and left many villages dependent on the cocaine trade. (Associated Press)

Peace Corps pullout latest blow to Honduras

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Freddy Cuevas - Associated Press