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Honduran security forces shoot tear gas at protest
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran security forces on Wednesday shot tear gas to disperse thousands of supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who is sheltering in the Brazilian Embassy in a bid to return to power.
Soldiers and police chased away the demonstrators marching toward the embassy where Zelaya has been holed up with his family since slipping back into the country on Monday.
Protesters threw rocks back at the authorities but the Red Cross said there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Clashes between Zelaya's backers and police have turned violent this week, with one protester shot dead and dozens of others injured after Zelaya, toppled in a June 28 coup, ended three months of exile.
The president's surprise return has escalated the poor, Central American nation's worst political crisis in decades, with the de facto government refusing to bow to international calls to reinstate Zelaya to the presidency.
(Reporting by Gustavo Palencia, writing by Mica Rosenberg, editing by Todd Eastham)
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