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Honduran protests

Published:Tuesday | September 22, 2009 | 4:11 PM

Honduran security forces have broken up protests outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa in support of the deposed President Manuel Zelaya.



BBC reports say police surrounded the embassy, where Mr Zelaya is staying.



Brazil\'s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged Mr Zelaya not to provoke a confrontation.



Mr Zelaya made a surprise return yesterday after months of exile.



Interim authorities say he must face trial.



However, the US and other governments have joined Zelaya in calling for a negotiated settlement to the crisis, which began when he was forced out of the country at gunpoint on June 28.