, but it's still not clear precisely how much support Islamists have in Egypt as a whole.

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Turkey's military commander has resigned

along with

the heads of the country's navy, army and air force. The resignations follow reports of growing tension between the secularist military and the Turkish government. Correspondents say friction has been fuelled by an ongoing trial of dozens of senior military officers accused of plotting to overthrow the government.

The United Nations humanitarian agency has warned that the whole of southern Somalia is slipping into famine as the food crisis in the Horn of Africa deepens. The UN has already declared a famine in two areas of southern Somalia, where 30% of children are acutely malnourished. Somalis fleeing to neighbouring Kenya are said to be arriving in increasingly poor condition.

A combined naval force from Honduras and the United States says it's recovered 2.5 tonnes of cocaine from a submarine used by drug traffickers. Warren Bull reports.

A Honduran general, Rene Osorio, said the cocaine was packed into 100 bundles and that there could be another 2.5 tonnes of the drug left on board the submarine. The Honduran authorities say they think the submarine was coming from Colombia. Honduras is on a key route used by South American cartels trafficking illegal drugs to the United States. And Mexican cartels have increasingly transported drug consignments through Central American countries since the Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a military campaign to defeat them over 4.5 years ago.