Honduras' interim leader calls for ending talks

Dialogue between his faction and supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya is "not going to fix anything," Micheletti said, with just 33 days before voters go to the polls.

His statement came just one night before three high level U.S. envoys, including Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon, were expected to arrive in Honduras seeking to help negotiate a compromise.

(...) A poll released Tuesday said most Hondurans are also looking to the upcoming presidential election for a solution.

Seventy-three percent of those surveyed said they believe the Nov. 29 election, which was scheduled before Zelaya was ousted, will open the way to calming the nation's divide over the rightful government, according to a CID-Gallup Poll released Tuesday.

Gallup said 42 percent of the 1,420 people polled felt Zelaya is the legitimate president, while 36 percent cited Micheletti, who was chosen by Congress to be interim president after the June 28 coup. Eighteen percent of the respondents said neither man is the real president, and 3 percent had no opinion.

Fifty-two percent said they had a favorable impression of Zelaya, compared with 41 percent who expressed similar views of Micheletti.