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| Interim Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti says he is forming a "unity government" without ousted President Manuel Zelaya. | Interim Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti says he is forming a "unity government" without ousted President Manuel Zelaya. |
| The announcement came as a deadline for implementing a power-sharing agreement and reinstating Mr Zelaya passed. | The announcement came as a deadline for implementing a power-sharing agreement and reinstating Mr Zelaya passed. |
| Mr Micheletti was quoted as saying the cabinet represented a "wide spectrum", even without Mr Zelaya's nominees. | Mr Micheletti was quoted as saying the cabinet represented a "wide spectrum", even without Mr Zelaya's nominees. |
| Honduras has been shaken by a political crisis that began when Mr Zelaya was forced out of the country on 28 June. | Honduras has been shaken by a political crisis that began when Mr Zelaya was forced out of the country on 28 June. |
| The two rivals agreed to a US-brokered power-sharing deal last week, with a deadline for it to be put into effect by midnight on Thursday (0600GMT Friday). | |
| Mr Zelaya had warned on Thursday that he would withdraw from the deal unless Congress held a vote on his restoration to power. | Mr Zelaya had warned on Thursday that he would withdraw from the deal unless Congress held a vote on his restoration to power. |
| But interim authorities do not consider the Congressional vote demanded by Mr Zelaya to be an essential part of the agreement. | |
| As the power-sharing deadline passed, Mr Micheletti said they had "finalised the process of confirming a unity government," | |
| "It represents a wide spectrum despite the fact that Mr Zelaya did not send a list of representatives," he was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency. | |
| Mr Zelaya was ousted after planning to hold a non-binding public consultation to ask people whether they supported moves to change the constitution. | |
| His critics said the move was unconstitutional and aimed to remove the current one-term limit on serving as president and pave the way for his possible re-election. |