Mounted police in battle with violent protesters

Hungarian mounted police charged bottle-hurling protesters outside Socialist Party headquarters early today, in renewed unrest sparked by the prime minister's leaked admission that his government had repeatedly lied about the economy.

Up to 50 people were reported injured, including one policeman. The state MTI news agency said the officer was seriously hurt in the clashes in Budapest, which - as on the previous day - involved splinter groups separate from a larger demonstration massing about 10,000 people.