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| Honduran soldiers have broken up protests outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa in support of deposed President Manuel Zelaya, reports say. | Honduran soldiers have broken up protests outside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa in support of deposed President Manuel Zelaya, reports say. |
| The soldiers have surrounded the embassy, where Mr Zelaya is staying. | |
| Protesters had defied a curfew imposed by the interim authorities following Mr Zelaya's surprise return on Monday. | |
| He had been in exile since being thrown out of Honduras on 28 June. Interim leader Roberto Micheletti has insisted Mr Zelaya should face trial. | |
| Police fired tear gas at the protesters and at least two tear-gas canisters landed inside the embassy compound, said a photographer for the news agency Reuters at the scene. | |
| Inside the embassy, Mr Zelaya accused police of preparing an attack. | |
| "The embassy is surrounded by police and the military... I foresee bigger acts of aggression and violence, that they could be capable of even invading the Brazilian embassy," he told Venezuelan broadcaster Telesur, according to Reuters. | |
| But a police spokesman said force had to be used to disperse the protesters, and that the curfew remained in effect until Tuesday evening. | |
| Earlier, the European Union called for calm amid Mr Zelaya's dramatic return to the country. | |
| In a statement, it called on Mr Zelaya and the interim government to negotiate an end to the three-month crisis. |