U.S. Defense Secretary: NATO's mission in Libya may continue

Said U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Tuesday that despite the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and the Declaration of the Transitional Authority Liberation of Libya in full, but the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had not finished his mission in Libya as quickly as expected and Panetta said - at a press conference held Tuesday in the Japanese capital Tokyo visit her - saying that the Libyan National Transition Council is willing to stay the NATO forces in the present time.
He said: "I noticed today that there are many of the comments from some leaders, Libya's current request from NATO to extend its mission during this transitional phase, which is seeking the Council (IGC) to build rules for the rule of Ibiaouma that Panetta said that the decision to the survival of NATO in Libya, whether or not to refer to the Alliance indicating that the United States seeks to strengthen its relations with the Libyan army in the long run.
He explained that the attention was focused at the moment to seek in the way of response to the crisis experienced by Libya by the conflict, which lasted over the last eight months between the rebels and al-Gaddafi, which is compounded over time, despite the fighting stops, and comes despite the recommendation of Admiral James Stavridis, Commander of NATO forces to end mission by Oct. 31 of which met with initial approval by the Ministers of NATO.
On the other hand replies NATO, "NATO" with caution the request of one of the members of the Transitional National Assembly to extend the NATO mission in Libya, explaining that it will be consultation with the Libyan authorities new on ways to end this mission, said NATO official said in remarks reported by Radio "Sawa" U.S. Tuesday, "It is not know whether the statement on the Altarhuni Minister of Oil and Finance in the Executive Office of the Council extended the mandate of the Transitional National Alliance is a formal request from the Council. "
He added that NATO will be close consultations with the United Nations and the Transitional National Assembly before a final decision in this Alomarwkan Altarhuni had said - earlier Tuesday - the new Libyan authorities that want to extend the mission of NATO in Libya, "at least a month."The statement Altarhuni after four days of the Declaration of intent to end the NATO mission in Libya at the end of October, is scheduled to convene the Council of NATO, which includes the ambassadors of the 28 member meeting Wednesday in Brussels to take a formal decision in this regard

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The start of talks between the United States and North Korea in Geneva

Began, negotiators from the United States and North Korea two days of talks Monday in Geneva is the second meeting of this kind since the collapse of the six-party talks on nuclear disarmament by more than two years ..
The aim of this meeting, which followed talks in New York were held in late July to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula over the resumption of regional talks on ending the nuclear programs of North Korea.
According to Chinese state media Monday that Chinese Vice Premier told his North Korean counterpart that China wants to deepen North Korea's talks with South Korea and the United States in the hope of the resumption of nuclear negotiations soon ..
But he also told the North Korean Prime Minister Choi Young Rim that Beijing will continue to be a strong ally of Pyongyang, which has struggled with food shortages and international isolation.
Pyongyang raised regional tensions because of its ambitions with regard to nuclear weapons and missile tests and confrontations across the divided Korean peninsula led to the deaths last year.
But Pyongyang has continued recently with Seoul and Washington to ease tensions and will hold talks with U.S. officials in Geneva on Monday.
It should be noted that the six-party talks involving China's ally North Korea to Russia and Japan and South Korea and the United States collapsed when North Korea withdrew from the process after that imposed by the United Nations sanctions over its nuclear test again

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Quake death toll rises to 366 Turkey and wounded 1301

Declared disaster management and emergency Turkish in a statement Tuesday that the death toll from the earthquake that shook southeastern Turkey on Sunday, and with a magnitude of 7.2 degrees has risen to 366 dead and wounded 1301 others.
And Reuters television reporter said he was two weeks old baby rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building on Tuesday after the passage of 46 hours of the earthquake that shook southeastern Turkey.
She also added that the 2262 administration building collapsed in the quake is expected to rise as more numbers of dead, officials say hundreds of people are still missing and rescue teams worked in search for survivors under the rubble.
And a day after the earthquake that struck the city in eastern Turkey Vanalcardah and causing the death and injury of hundreds, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to provide rescue services and relief supplies to those affected.
He called the army to assist in these efforts, while continuing to rescue workers desperate attempts to find survivors, Erdogan said in front of television cameras in the provincial capital near the epicenter of the earthquake "will not leave any citizen out in the cold."
The network NTV in Turkey that the largest earthquake aftershock of 5.5 on the Richter scale, and recorded the lowest score of 2.5, as noted by researchers in the geosciences to the possibility that there are strong aftershocks continuing for at least 90 days.
The Turkish Red Cross began distributing tents, blankets and food in the affected area, said Health Minister Recep Akdag The aircraft first aid and several helicopters will be sent to the region affected by the earthquake.
The French news agency that the inhabitants of the stricken city began to send the cries of distress on the Twitter site includes information on the whereabouts of collapsed buildings and the number of trapped them.
And on the level of aid offers, offers of help poured in from abroad to Turkey, including offers from Germany, Israel and Russia.

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U.S. State Department to withdraw its ambassador from Syria because of threats

Foreign Ministry said Monday that the U.S. was withdrawing its ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, because of threats to personal safety when he returned to Washington.

The American ambassador to Syria's leaders had bothered with the protesters to challenge the rule of Assad's extended family for 41 years.

The Mark Toner, State Department spokesman that the U.S. ambassador to Syria, was summoned to Washington as a result of threats credible to his personal safety in Syria, saying they could not determine when he would return to Syria, and explained that this would depend on their assessment of the induction, led by the Syrian regime and the security situation on the ground .

Toner said that the Syrian regime's campaign of incitement against the Ambassador Ford.

The White House confirmed Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has lost its legitimacy in the government, sources said that U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford left Syria at the weekend.

At the field level announced Syrian Observatory for Human Rights killed one person shot dead by security forces in the district Bayada city of Homs in central Syria.

Syria is witnessing since mid-March, unprecedented demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad, who ruled Syria for 11 years and used its extreme violence to suppress them, resulting, according to United Nations estimates has killed more than 3 thousand people, including nearly 200 children

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Gaddafi and Mu'tasim buried at a secret location .. And the sword near the border with Niger

Announced the National Transitional Council Libyan have been buried the body of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mu'tasim dawn on Tuesday in a place will be announced and confirmed a military official from the town of Misurata - where the bodies were are before the public in a cold room - bury the bodies; This announcement comes hours after the detection head Council Mustafa Abdul Jalil for the leadership transition in Libya will investigate the death of Gaddafi after the spread of conflicting reports about how his death.
The foreign governments and non-governmental human rights groups have raised questions about the circumstances of the killing Gaddafi, who was seriously injured after his arrest last Thursday, and reports suggested that Gaddafi was killed in an exchange of gunfire, while other reports indicate that he was killed by the rebels.
The United States called on the transitional government in Libya on Monday to develop strong standards in the investigation on the killing of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi and support for human rights, said a spokeswoman for the U.S. State of Victoria Nuland: "The important thing here is to be investigated fully and impartially" ..
On the determination of the new leadership to implement Islamic Sharia said Noland said that the main concern for the respect of any new constitution and full of universal human rights and women's rights and minority rights and the right to a fair trial and the right to transparency, said Nuland: all Libyans who have not stained their hands deserve a chance in a secure future , confirming that the persons who violated the law must be dealt with according to international standards of fairness

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Syria calls its ambassador in Washington, killed protesters and security in several cities

Foreign Ministry summoned the Syrian ambassador in Washington, Dr. Imad Moustapha, to consult with the political leadership, noting that the Syrian ambassador will leave Washington at a later time, the U.S. ambassador in Damascus, Syria had left the grounds that it does not guarantee his personal safety

Meanwhile, according to activists, Syrian security forces prevented ambulances from entering the neighborhood, "Der mailbox" in Homs as warplanes carried out several raids on several areas in which to try to Tharirahd military commanders and a number of hostages who have been arrested by the forces of the Syrian army free dissident .

He said witnesses saw the neighborhood Bayada fire and heavy bombing led to casualties as live Khalidiya neighborhood of tragic situations because of the incessant shelling.

The paneling is witnessing a large military reinforcements on the edges and prevent people from entry and exit to and from it.

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Sources: the house of the "justice and equality" Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in Darfur

Sources familiar with the information to confirm the presence of Saif al-Islam, son of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, under the protection of Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the "justice and equality", after entering the "Bao" on the Libyan border with Chad.
At the same time the adviser said Mustafa Abdul Jalil chairman of the National Transitional Council that the Libyan talks on forming an interim government and a new decision is expected within two weeks also confirmed that he had formed a committee to investigate the death of Gaddafi
This has indicated the sources of the newspaper "Alintibaha," published Tuesday in Khartoum that Saif al-Islam came out of the city of Sirte in Libya since the twenty-seventh of the month of August, six armored vehicles across the region, "Ezrdab" and even the "Bao" on the Libyan border in Chad, and that the information confirms existence under the protection of Khalil Ibrahim, on the recommendation Gaddafi has to protect his family and oversight of large-for-money and gold that came out by Khalil from Libya.
On the other hand, revealed the commander of NATO, Admiral James Stavridis announced his intention to stop the war in Libya through its homepage on the social networking Facebook.
At the same time announced the rulers of Libya, the new birth of a new Libya with hundreds of people thronged to see the body of Gaddafi in Misurata for a third day, a humiliation of a last resort led to the deepening international concern about the future of Libya and angered family members. There was Misurata festive atmosphere Sunday, celebrations have been held by declaring / / edit / / in the main square at a time where people lined up to see the bodies of Gaddafi and his son and chief of staff in the shop cool vegetables

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Amnesty International accuses Syria of converting hospitals to instruments of torture and repression

Amnesty International accused the Syrian government to transfer public hospitals to "instruments of torture and oppression" in their quest to eliminate the opposition and prosecution.
The organization said in a report reported by the BBC, "BBC" on Tuesday that injured four hospitals in the Syrian government at least have been subjected to torture and other types of ill-treatment and that some members of the medical staff and non-medical have contributed in such practices.
The UN report that some members of the medical staff in those hospitals who treated those patients with protesters during the demonstrations, they too came to the detention and torture, she said.
He added that the agency's report of sick and injured humiliated and beaten by members of the crews of both hospitals were medical staff or Anasralamn the hospitals, particularly in Homs, Banias and the town Tlklkh border in addition to the military hospital in Homs.
The organization said that the elements of the security forces in the seventh broke into the hospital from Spettmbralmadi land and services in Homs, 18 injured and arrested when they failed to find a military field commander of the government shows they are looking for.
The Organization said that many of the injured and the fear of treatment in public hospitals were forced to seek treatment in private clinics and hospitals or in field hospitals and temporary lack of equipment and medicines.

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The Arab League and EU discuss strengthening cooperation

Held League Arabic Tuesday coordination meeting of senior officials from the European Commission and the Arab League on supporting the Arab Cooperation - European, is scheduled to address this meeting a number of topics and important steps to strengthen the process of cooperation between the two sides, including the preparation of the document Framework for Arab cooperation - the European and activate and support the powers of the Liaison Office Forum - European in Malta, also meeting will review the ongoing preparations for the launch of "room early warning" in the Secretariat, which is held in cooperation with the European Union-style "room crises," European, designed the room to monitor and anticipate crises before they occur, and efficient management of the place, and dealing with its consequences studied after the crisis ends.
Preside over the meeting of the Arab side and Minister Plenipotentiary Mrs. / security Taha, Director, Europe and Arab relations - European Commission, the European side of Mr. / Christian Berger, director of North Africa and the Middle East to your foreign relations in the European Union, will also participate in the meeting Mr. / Talal Chlebat, Director Executive Liaison Office of the European Commission and the Arab League in Malta.
And Mrs. / security Taha, that this meeting is particularly important, as it comes at a time is a coordination meeting of Arab foreign ministers - a European second, to pave the way for an Arab summit - Europe, noting in this context to the visit of the Ambassador / Ahmed Ben Helli, Deputy Secretary-General, to the European Commission in Brussels earlier this month, on top of high-level delegation from the Secretariat, where he met with a number of senior European officials device on Foreign Relations, and the two sides discussed opening up new prospects for cooperation between the university and the European Union and the possibility of a meeting Arab Ministerial - A second European, in preparation for a summit. And Mrs. / security Taha, it will be during this meeting was to formulate ideas that were agreed at the Brussels meeting on the mechanisms of cooperation between the Arab League and the European Commission.

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"Human Rights" demanding an investigation into the execution of 53 of the supporters of Gaddafi

Urged the "Human Rights Watch" Monday Libyan National Transition Council to investigate what she said was a mass execution of 53 people loyal to the slain Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte in the hotel was under the control of the rebels last week.

The organization said that 53 people are believed to be supporters of Gaddafi seems to have been executed in a hotel "skill" in Sirte last week noting that the hotel is located in an area under rebel control.

The organization called on the Transitional National Assembly to conduct a prompt and transparent in what it described as the apparent mass death and bring those responsible to justice.

The director of emergency for Human Rights Watch Peter Buqueart: "We have found 53 bodies decomposing it seems to the supporters of Gaddafi in Sirte in an abandoned hotel and some had their hands tied to the back."

He Buqueart "that requires immediate attention from the Libyan authorities to investigate what happened to the perpetrators and download their responsibilities."

The Director of Emergency for Human Rights Watch that the rebels controlled the city of Misurata that region of Sirte since the beginning of this month, pointing out that the state of the bodies show that people were killed a week ago and take some of the effects of dressings, which means it has been treated for other injuries before they were killed.

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Nine killed in military plane crash Yemen

Nine people were killed, including eight engineers Tuesday in the Syrian military plane crashes on landing in the Yemeni southern base south of the country, said doctors and officials.
Yemeni engineers and was also killed when the plane crashed, a Russian-made Antonov at the base in the southern province of pilgrimage, a security official and the most likely cause of the accident to be a technical problem.
The pilgrimage is located on the borders of the province of Abyan, where the Yemeni army has been fighting to regain control over an area dominated by militants believed to be from al-Qaeda during the protests continued for months over the rule of President Ali AbdullahGod is good.
In another incident, a doctor kidnapped Uzbeks in the northern province of Marib late Monday, and tribal source said he had been kidnapped to pressure the government to release all prisoners of the sons of their tribe.
On the other hand, Yemeni activists reported that civilians were killed Tuesday and five others wounded in a bombing attack by forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the arena of change in the southern city of Taiz, the cradle of protests against the Yemeni regime.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has welcomed the decision of the Council for the security of the settlement of the political crisis in Yemen, and stressed the readiness of the party and its allies to sit down immediately with the JMP (the main opposition in the country) and their partners to continue the dialogue on the mechanism of implementation of the initiative as soon as possible and up to the signing in conjunction with the the final signature on the initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and immediately begin to implement, leading to early presidential elections at a date agreed upon by all parties

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Gabriel: Libya will be able to resume pumping oil through a 15-month natural form

Mahmoud Jibril, head of the office of the Executive Board of the National Transitional Libyan was expected to be able to return to Libya for the production of oil according to the pre-war levels in 15 months ..
The Gabriel in a statement made Tuesday that he hopes that the Libyan government democratically elected in the future to take over the process of recovery of Libyan assets frozen abroad and enable Libyans to act in their money to meet their needs, noting that the process of transition of power in the country will begin within eight months ..
Said Gabriel that the declaration Institutional Libya's new states that after the fall of the regime and the liberation of Libya will be an election to create what will be known as "National Council of Libya," which will oversee the development of the Libyan Constitution the new, pointing out that this process will take eight months, and after the ratification of the new constitution in a referendum in parliamentary elections will be held three months later and held a presidential election.
And at the same said Libyan dissident Mohammed Fayez Jibril Most embassies in the era of the Libyan Qadhafi was a den of terrorism, noting that Gaddafi was always trying to destabilize all Arab countries to become the only leader who works for the leadership of this country ..
Gabriel explained in an interview with his program "Life Today" on Monday night that the phrase was repeated by Alqmaqa always "The people of Egypt and Libya without a leader, the leader without a people" to prove that his goal was the control of Egypt ..!
He said Jibril it despite the killing of Gaddafi will not die with him secrets, said: "Ahmed howitzer blood relations coordinator Libyan-Egyptian former and a cousin of Muammar Gaddafi's treasure is another's secrets and has all the keys," and urged an investigation with him about the weapons that were discovered in the Libyan Embassy in Cairo.
He noted that the Ahmad Jibril howitzer blood tried to attract some of the tribes, the Egyptian leader Gaddafi to ask them inside the Egyptian border, but failed, pointing out that Gaddafi was in Egypt claims that 18 million Libyan

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U.S.: Syria accused of spying was connected to the Ambassador of Damascus

U.S. prosecutors announced that the Syrian-born man accused of spying on protesters, the anti-Syrian government in the United States was linked to the Ambassador in Damascus and Washington.
Tensions already between Washington and Damascus, with a call U.S. Ambassador to Syria because of what it said about the administration of President Barack Obama on Monday as threats against him at the instigation of the government, and followed the step to call the American ambassador to Damascus in the United States Imad Moustapha, for consultation.
Mohammed was arrested in Sweden, 47, of Virginia this month on charges of spying for Syria on protesters in the United States in the context of a conspiracy to intimidate and possible damage to them or their families in Syria.
Prosecutors said they produced in a note late on Friday asking him to Sweden to remain in custody pending trial and the defendant being in regular contact with senior officials in the Syrian government, including the Syrian ambassador to the United States.
They added that Sweden worked for Syrian intelligence, and made contact with the ambassador and sent him a phone number, personal and done him some tasks, but unspecified, said the indictment that Sweden sent a message encrypted in April to a Syrian intelligence via e-mail stating details of the meeting of the protesters in Virginia.
Was provided a memorandum prosecution after a U.S. judge ruled the possibility of the release of Sweden until his trial, appeal, prosecutors in the government, fearing to escape, and note points claim that Sweden got the passports of two new Syrian embassy and sought to obtain a passport Venezuelan false and talked about escaping through the porous border between the United States and Mexico.
And describes the case papers that his wife worked Consulate Syrian in Washington for two years, which could help him obtain a passport to flee the United States, the documents reveal also that the police found a Kalashnikov semi-automatic and 500 rounds of ammunition at his home in Virginia, the lawyer said Sweden that the weapon is licensed and registered in the state

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