News Briefs Honduras The vote count in Honduras is stalled at just over half the ballots cast -- opposition candidate Xiomara Castro is leading by 20 points over ruling party candidate Nasry Asfura and appears poised to become the country's first female president. Though the final result is expected to be tighter when rural votes, which tend to favor the National party, are counted, "the tide in favour of Castro, a leftist who represents a coalition of opposition parties, appears unstoppable," according to the