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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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