MUNICH – John Demjanjuk moved one step closer to another trial after German prosecutors said Friday that doctors had deemed the 89-year-old fit to go to court on charges of being an accessory to murder at the Sobibor Nazi death camp.

A Dutch group representing members of victims' families welcomed the decision to try the retired auto worker, who was recently deported from his suburban Ohio home.

Munich prosecutors accuse Demjanjuk of being a guard at the death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. They allege he was an accessory to murder in 29,000 cases and said they expect formal charges later this month.

But his son, John Demjanjuk Jr., vowed to "vigorously dispute" the doctors' decision, saying they have given him only 16 months to live because of incurable leukemic bone marrow disease.

Demjanjuk has been in custody in Munich since arriving there May 12 after losing an extended court battle to stay in the United States when his citizenship was revoked.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before today's deadline.

Jose Miguel Insulza, who heads the Organization of American States, flew to Honduras in an attempt to persuade the forces that ousted Zelaya to take him back in the face of overwhelming international condemnation and economic sanctions.

He met with the president of the Supreme Court that authorized the military to seize Zelaya on Sunday and fly him into exile.

Insulza said Honduras will be suspended from the organization, a move that could lead to further sanctions against one of the Americas' poorest countries, unless Zelaya is restored by this morning.

LONDON – Six people were killed and 30 had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building Friday, emergency services said.

The London Fire Brigade said the dead were three adults and three children, who included a 3-week-old baby and a 7-year-old.

The fire quickly spread to seven floors of the 12-story building, part of a large 1960s public-housing project.

Four hours after it began, the blaze was under control and investigators were working to determine its cause.FROM WIRE REPORTS

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