In Honduras, conflicting accounts have emerged from the latest round of talks between the coup regime and representatives of the ousted President Manuel Zelaya. On Wednesday, both a Zelaya negotiator and a top coup official said a tentative deal had been struck on the key point of Zelaya’s return to office. But a coup regime negotiator later denied a deal had been reached and said the talks would continue today. Meanwhile, pro-Zelaya demonstrators continued to rally outside the hotel where the talks have taken place.

Protester: “We hope that today we get white smoke from the ninth floor of the Clarion Hotel. We hope that these authorities who have come here, these international organisms, truly lend a hand in Honduras.”