rizgal looks at family photos of happier times as he waits for news. but after five days, he is beginning to lose hope. murad shishani, bbc news, northern iraq. let's get some of the day's other news. in honduras, the electoral council says preliminary results show the leftist candidate xiomara castro is ahead in presidential elections. she's bidding to become the country's first female president. but the governing national party said its representative nasry asfura was on course for victory, without producing any evidence. fiji is to send 50 peacekeepers to the solomon islands following three days of unrest. the violence began on wednesday when protestors stormed parliament in a bid to topple the prime minister. australia and papua new guinea