Honduras supreme court 'ordered army coup'
Some 200 soldiers surrounded the president's residence in the east of the capital Tegucigalpa, disarming 10 members of the president's personal bodyguard.

"Today's events originate from a court order by a competent judge. The armed forces, in charge of supporting the constitution, acted to defend the state of law and have been forced to apply legal dispositions against those who have expressed themselves publicly and acted against the dispositions of the basic law," the country's highest court said.

Speaking in exile from neighbouring Costa Rica a defiant Mr Zelaya declared that he was still the leader of Honduras.

Speaking of the arbitrary actions of courts of law...