SAN SALVADOR - OUSTED Honduran President Manuel Zelaya arrived in El Salvador late on Sunday for talks with the head of the Organisation of American States and other regional leaders.

He was due to meet here with OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Presidents Cristina Kirchner of Argentina and Rafael Correa of Ecuador, the presidency announced.

Mr Zelaya arrived here after making a failed attempt to return to Honduras where he was ousted in a military coup a week ago.

His plane had tried in vain to land at the airport in Tegucigalpa, but at least half a dozen military vehicles blocked the only runway at the airport, while tens of thousands of his supporters demonstrated outside. -- AFP