TIMELINE-Honduras crisis talks end in failure

(Reuters) - Honduras' deposed President Manuel Zelaya and the man appointed to replace him after a military coup failed to strike a deal on Sunday to solve the country's political crisis after two days of talks.

Honduras' military deposed and expelled Zelaya from the country in the June 28 coup after Congress and the Supreme Court accused him of violating the constitution by trying to lift limits on presidential terms. Congress appointed its head, Roberto Micheletti, to replace Zelaya.

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is mediating negotiations between the rival sides to try to resolve the power dispute, Central America's worst crisis since the end of the Cold War.

Here is a timeline of events since the coup:

June 28, 2009 - Soldiers arrest President Manuel Zelaya in a pre-dawn raid on his home and expel him in his pyjamas on a flight to Costa Rica.

-- The Honduran Congress names an interim president, Roberto Micheletti. The Supreme Court says it ordered the army to remove Zelaya.

-- The European Union condemns what it calls a "coup d'etat" against Zelaya.

-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an ally of Zelaya, puts his troops on alert and says he will respond militarily if his ambassador to the Central American country is kidnapped or killed.

June 29 - U.S. President Barack Obama says the coup is illegal and will set a "terrible precedent" of transition by military force unless it is reversed.