Honduran interim government orders border curfew, conflicts erupt in some areas

TEGUCIGALPA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Honduras' post-coup interim government on Friday imposed an emergency curfew on the country's southern border with Nicaragua and western border with EL Salvador, apparently aimed at blocking any possible attempt to return by ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Meanwhile, Xinhua correspondents at the Honduran-Nicaraguan border witnessed that conflicts broke out between some of the pro-Zelaya demonstrators and the Honduran military and police. Soldiers and police fired warning gunshots into the air and hurled tear gas at the crowd, causing a certain degree of chaos on the scene.