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Quiet on the streets of Honduras, military control

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Quiet on the streets of Honduras, military control
Source: Radio América, local Honduran radio



Google Translation:
The streets of Tegucigalpa and are quiet, then this Sunday Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was arrested and sent to Costa Rica by the military, argues that satisfy a court order.

Basic services (electricity, water and fixed telephony) was restored after being suspended about three hours, while the military took full control of the country.

The military deployed troops and tanks in the streets of Tegucigalpa, its planes and helicopters sailed space.

Except for a couple of hundred protesters who approached the Presidential Palace, there are no reports of movements of people in the country.

The opinion survey to convene a constituent assembly that he had called the President Zelaya defenestradao was not performed, since the court order to seize the military was his material and prevent it.


Read more: http://www.radioamerica.hn/sitio.cfm?pag=leenoticias&t=...



This is from just a few hours ago. That last, bolded bit, seems to imply that the referendum has been called off by the military. Along with everything else which has happened today, including the assassination- see the other stories in LBN for more. This station is local to Honduras.

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