Zelaya's continuing media event on the border

BBC:

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has returned to the country's border with Nicaragua for the second day running, demanding to be allowed home.

He says he will set up camp on the Nicaraguan side to keep up pressure on the interim Honduran government.

Speaking into a megaphone, he demanded to be allowed to see his family, who he has not seen since last month's coup.

On Friday, he made a symbolic crossing over the border into Honduras but withdrew minutes later.

The US, which opposed Mr Zelaya's dismissal and expulsion last month, has described his current attempts to return home as "reckless".

Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti dismissed Friday's brief return as a publicity stunt, saying Mr Zelaya's action was "ill-conceived and silly".

The country's interior minister said that if the ousted president had dared go any further, he would have been arrested.

Meanwhile, the Honduran armed forces have indicated they would not oppose a deal to restore Mr Zelaya to the presidency with limited powers, the New York Times reports.

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Zelaya has reduced himself to self parody on the border of the country he used to be President of. The only reason he is doing this circus act now is to keep the media interested in him and it appears to be working in that regard, but it is getting him no closer to a resolution of his political problem back in Honduras.

The announcement by the Honduran army was a blow to Zelaya. He has been falsely accusing the army of a military coup, when in fact, they were following the orders of the Supreme Court and the Legislature. This announcement makes that even more clear and demonstrates just how dishonest Zelaya has been in discussing the problem he brought on himself.

Reuters reports that the protests along the border are weakening, with people going back home.