The head of Kyrgyzstan's self-declared interim government has said she cannot guarantee the safety of the fugitive President Kurmanbek Bakiyev against people seeking revenge for those killed during his overthrow. Roza Otunbayeva said her government could not restrain those who wanted, as she put it, to rush to Mr Bakiyev's hideout with rifles. Mr Bakiyev is hiding in the south of the country.
Exit polls following Hungary's parliamentary elections suggest that voters have rejected the governing Socialists who have been in power during the severe economic crisis in the country. The exit polls point to a convincing victory for the conservative opposition party, Fidesz, which may become the first party to govern without a coalition since democracy was restored in 1990. From Budapest, here is Nick Thorpe.
Voting was extended in several places beyond the deadline as long queues formed. Separate exit polls forecast the return to power of Fidesz, the Christian Democratic Party which last held office eight years ago. They are expected to win between 54 and 57% of the vote. The Socialists are a distant second with around 20% and the far-right Jobbik close behind them with between 15 and 17% according to the exit polls.
Nine people have been killed in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa when masked gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods. The city's police chief said the shooting took place on Saturday night and involved drug gangs fighting over access to lucrative cocaine trafficking routes to the United States.