Honduran police crackdown on student protests

Then, Zelaya was bundled out of the country in a military-backed coup, prompting international outrage and a domestic crisis that shows few signs of abating.
On Wednesday his supporters chanted pro-Zelaya slogans and hurled rocks at banks of riot police, leaving the street strewn with detritus, including the husk of a burnt-out vehicle.
Police used water cannon to disperse the protesters, who sought refuge on the university campus, where they were pursued and beaten with batons.
The university's rector Julieta Castellanos intervened in an attempt to calm both sides, but she too was beaten to the floor.
Elsewhere in the capital, another crowd gathered in front of the Supreme Court -- which had sanctioned the move against Zelaya -- demanding that coup leaders "get out."
At the same time protesters across the country began a march on the capital and San Pedro Sula, the country's economic capital.
As unrest played out, the head of the the Washington-based Organization of America States, Jose Miguel Insulza, said that foreign ministers from the regional block would be dispatched to Honduras "as soon as possible."
In Mexico, Zelaya continued a visit aimed at shoring up international backing for his government.
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