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11/08/2011

Syria and the new toll revenues exceeded 3500


He said activists and human rights organizations that the Syrian forces on Tuesday killedmore civilians in Homs and Hama, was killed eight of its members shot dead by dissident, at a time when the United Nations announced that the death toll since the protests beganmore than 3500.

The activist said Sufian Abu Waleed member of the public of the revolution in Syria Homsthat the shelling of the island continued to neighborhoods in the city, particularly the district of Baba Amr, who fell by the largest number of deaths in the past few days.

He added that parents Hiawa four people were killed earlier, including a child at the age often, referring to the two demonstrations in the neighborhood of Bayada Hashidtin Homs inthe nearby town of Hula, which in turn was bombed.

And entered on Monday, troops of the army-backed militias and security Cbihh the southern and western neighborhood Baba Amr operations lasted about a week and caused more than a hundred people dead, according to activists.

Homs and Hama
The news agency Associated Press reported activist Salem Al-Homsi that a man and a woman were killed this morning in the neighborhood of Baba Amr shot of the Syrian forceslaunched raids and arrests of wanted militants.
He spoke the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in turn, killed a man and a woman died of her wounds in the same neighborhood, who pulled out of the battalion Farouk free after the Syrian army has tried for days to protect the population.
According to the Observatory, the child also killed when a shell hit the anti-tank her family's home in the neighborhood clan in Homs, Syrian activists announced by the city affected by what right the killing and destruction.
He accused the Syrian National Council, forces loyal to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad of committing massacres in Homs, which cut off most of its neighborhoods, water, electricity and communications.
The Syrian Observatory may occur from the killing of at least ten people in Homs, Hama and Idlib and Damascus. In addition to Homs, including military operations in the past few hours, areas in the governorate of Hama, including the town of Kafr Zeta.
Omar said Adalba member of the Syrian National Council, told the German news that three people were killed and dozens injured in the bombing targeted those areas Hama, referring to the complete breakdown of the components of Cbihh who Adhmun houses and arresting people. Haz did not prevent campaigns from the demonstrations in Hama and surroundings on Tuesday, according to activists.
Ambush and clashesIn the context of developments in the field as well, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights to Osmaana members of the military, security and Cbihh killed in an ambush by renegade soldiers, probably south of the city Ma'arrat Numan Idleb province, which lies near the border with Turkey.
He spoke the observatory at the same time for violent clashes between the regular army and dissidents on Tuesday morning near the lion's medical complex, and in the neighborhoods south of the stadium, the present and Almzarb in the city of Hama.
According to the observatory, the similar violent clashes took place the night before last years in the town of Homs Governorate short.
The Observatory and the tank wagon to the security forces were destroyed during the clashes.
And on this particular incident, said the Syrian army in a statement that the free range of its battalion Farooq addressed the forces loyal to the regime near the mosque, Abdul Rahman, confirming the destruction of two vehicles and a bus and killed more than twenty of the security elements.
Outcome of the UNIn the meantime, the Office of the United Nations human rights today that the campaign waged by the Syrian forces on protesters since mid-March / March, left more than 3,500 people.
The Ravenna Chamdasana Office spokeswoman told reporters in Geneva "brutal government crackdown on dissidents in Syria so far claimed the lives of more than 3500 Syrian."
She added, "since it was signed by Syria to the peace plan sponsored by the League of Arab States last week, reportedly killing more than sixty people at the hands of the army and security forces at least 19 of them were killed on Sunday, the first day of Eid al-Adha."
Syrian activists say the death toll exceeded four thousand, while the outcome of the last Syrian official says the death toll exceeding 1,400 at least half of the military who were killed by "armed gangs".

Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies

Killed eight al Qaeda in southern Yemen




















The effects of previous confrontations between the Yemeni army and al Qaeda militantsZanzibar (Jazeera- Archive)


Yemeni security sources said that eight people were killed and wounded scores of others were members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on the border of the city of Zanzibar,the capital of Abyan province, southern Yemen, following an attack by the military elements of the organization.


The source added that the army has bombed sites holed up members of the organizationextensively, as were present in a number of government buildings and schools, which they seized in May / May.


This comes after the killing of six members of the al-Qaeda, bringing the death toll from the organization in two days to 14, including an Iraqi, a Saudi, as well as dozens of injured.


And almost daily skirmishes between the army and al Qaeda militants since managedelements of the acquisition of three towns in Abyan province and the Declaration of IslamicEmirate of Zanzibar, in May / May.


This is because some observers control the expansion of al-Qaeda in the provinces ofAbyan, south Yemen clashes between protesters demanding the departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's forces.

Source: UPI

Division of the Security Council on Palestine



Image via Wikipedia

Showed a draft report distributed Tuesday at the UN Security Council that the 15 member States which are divided on the request for full membership of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, which is expected to vote by the Council before the end of this year.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has submitted a request for full membership of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on September 23 / September last, and referred the request later to a committee of experts for examination.

The United States was quick to express strong opposition to the request of the Palestinian, and has repeatedly threatened to use its right of veto in the event introduced the request to vote in the Security Council.

No consensus
A draft report of the four pages of the Commission to accept new members of the Security Council, comprising representatives of the 15 member states, "the Committee failed toreach a unanimous recommendation to the Security Council."
It was also in the draft that the Council members are divided into three categories, including first is the countries that support the Palestinian demand, Second, countries that can not support the application at the moment and plans to abstain from voting on it, and the third is where it believes it does not meet the criteria for membership of the United Nations and intended thus opposing According to diplomats in New York.
The same sources said that the representative of Portugal to the United Nations Felipe Morais Cabral, whose country holds the Security Council this month sent a report today to the Commission to accept that Council members will discuss the report next Friday.
Is supposed to submit a formal report at this meeting for final processing to the session for a vote before the end of the year.
The diplomatic sources and reports said a few days ago that France, Britain, Colombia and Bosnia - all members of the Security Council - will abstain from voting in the Council membership of Palestine full of the United Nations, which may prevent the request of the Palestinian nine votes necessary to pass in the Council, and absolve the U.S. rolling Thus the use of the veto to reject it.
The QuartetIn the meantime, the U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that the envoys of the Quartet will meet Israeli and Palestinian sides separately next Monday in Jerusalem in an effort to resume negotiations.
The spokeswoman said the Victoria Nuland The meetings will be held in Jerusalem, will work to encourage the parties to submit specific proposals on the ground and security concerns.
The United States is pressing the Palestinians to get them to resume negotiations with the Israelis. Washington says - sent in the last term envoys to Ramallah to meet Palestinian President - Membership of Palestine can only be achieved through bilateral negotiations.

Source: Agencies

Conviction of Michael Jackson's doctor
















Image by Ninian Reid via Flickr





Murray gave Jackson a dose of sedatives and excess anesthetic propofol to help him sleep (French - Archive)
Convicted by the jury in the United States on Monday, the private physician to the song pop star Michael Jackson, Conrad Murray of manslaughter in the death of Jackson, and crossed the family of the last gratified with the decision and considered it a victory.
When reading the verdict cried Katherine Jackson's mother and his elder sister and RNA as they left the courtroom was asked by reporters about whether Catherine was unhappy with the verdict? Replied in the affirmative.
Said brother Jermaine Jackson told reporters, "justice was served Michael with us."
And rushed other members of the family, including father Joe Jackson and sisters LaToya and Randy to leave the court building in cars without speaking to the media.
But in the Twitter social networking written for LaToya "victory" and then wrote "I love you, Michael and I will continue to fight until everyone is brought to justice."
He said the prosecutor Steve Cooley Ingles they were satisfied with the result, adding: "Finally we want to offer our condolences to the family of Jackson and to his children Prince, Paris and Blunkett has lost their beloved father, nothing can compensate for this loss."
It is expected that the verdict against Dr. Conrad Murray on 29 this month.
Murray faces a prison sentence of up to four years, as well as the withdrawal of his license to practice occupational medicine.
Later in the day, defense attorney Ed Chernoff The verdict was a disappointment, and will be an appeal.
Jackson died in June 2009 at the age of fifty years as a result of an overdose of a mixture of sedatives and anesthetic propofol, which is used in surgery Murray gave him to help him sleep.

Source: Reuters + Associated Press

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