Smoking affects the memory

Consequences of smoking are not limited to its effects on health and shorten your life and the incidence of chronic and deadly diseases, but transcended it to influence memory and forgetting the tasks carried out by smokers.
The new British study found that smokers may lose nearly a third of their memory daily, but quit the habit may restore their ability to remember information to the level of non-smokers about the same.
The Daily Mail newspaper reported that British researchers at the University of Rthampreia found that smokers lose almost a third of their memory daily, but their ability to Think Back to remember when to give up their habit to the same level when non-smokers.
The study included more than 70 people between the ages of 18 and 25 years, and asked them to remember details of the tasks accomplished various times, been the performance of smokers bad as remember only 59% of the tasks, compared to 74% remember to quit smoking, while able to non-smokers remember 81 % of tasks.
Tom Hever, said the researcher in charge of the study results of the study will be useful in anti-smoking campaigns.
He added that with nearly 10 million smokers in Britain, and nearly 45 million in the United States, it is important to understand the effects of smoking on cognitive function daily, which is an excellent example of the memory.
Hever said it first study showing that smoking cessation effect on memory, and noted that the research will be next on the impact of "passive smoking" on the memory.


Source: UPI

Israeli reading of the Palestinian state

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Dominated by the speech delivered by President Barack Obama on Wednesday before the General Assembly of the United Nations to all else of interest in events in Israeli newspapers today.
Kick, and columnists to present their ideas for a Palestinian state, which is expected to issue a decision of the United Nations soon, departing from their readings in their comments, as stated in the speech of the content.
Was held two clerks, two Israeli comparison between Obama's speech yesterday and his speech made by the Muslim world from Cairo in 2009, pointed out that the contradiction in their content was not evidence repentance or change of the doctrine of an intellectual, but a kind of political pragmatism, as the U.S. president a political seek re-election in November / November of next year.
The authors Nahum Bernba and Shimon Schiffer in their article inaugural newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, that Obama did not adopt all Israeli arguments against recognizing a Palestinian state through the United Nations, but adopted the Israeli version of the foundation which is based on that "Israel is a small country surrounded by enemies who seek to destroy them, and their children living threat to their lives every day, and neighbors are raising their children to hate. "
The authors pointed out that Obama's speech yesterday was met with a standing ovation by the Israelis, particularly from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who he described as a wonderful speech, while he was received by the Palestinians frustrated and angry.

Between the two leadershipsHe described the Israeli writer Gideon Levy - an article in the Haaretz newspaper - the current Palestinian leadership as being similar to "the wisdom and intelligence and flexibility of operation and the Israeli leadership, which was at the first establishment of the State of Israel."
The writer calculated on the Israeli left that the Palestinians are the "new Jews, and reminds us of their leaders - surprisingly - the Zionist leaders who were once".
He surprised and wondering, "Look at Mahmoud Abbas, right is Levi Eshkol (third president of the Ministers of Israel)? And Saeb Erekat, right is Abba Eban (and former Israeli foreign minister)? And Salam Fayyad, is it not the Pinhas Sapir (and former minister of finance) or Eliezer Kaplan? see moderation itself, and the dye gray the same, and the process itself and the political wisdom itself, and even as far as humor itself, lacking only speak in the Jewish Alaadich; take what could be obtained, and come down for big dreams in the partition plan as in the two-state solution. "
The Levy in his article that "the Palestinian group that is now proceeding to the United Nations, we must remember the Israelis Group Zionism, which went to the same organization prior to 64 years. Yes, there are differences and with all this, the similarity Esp heart. They are now vulnerable confronted with the powerful, and David confronted with Goliath, and now they Adlon also in the eyes of the world. The world is the same as that realized in November 1947 that the Jews (Palestinians) deserve a state, he realizes in September / September 2011 that the Palestinians deserve a state in the end, it was after the trauma of the Holocaust and is now after the trauma of the occupation, without comparison. "

Dream crashesWrote left-wing Israeli political columnist Yossi Sarid, Haaretz published an article describing Obama's speech that he was not bad, as it was not good at the same time.
Sarid and compare style blending the literature policy of Obama's speech in Cairo with his speech yesterday, saying the U.S. president in his speech, I was still dreaming of "But yesterday was a break up and Tahtmana."
The voice cracking with grief, and tone contrast to all blog entries by authors other Israeli, wrote Sarid says that "black magic faded, and disappeared vision though were not, leaving only the ugly reality:" No shortcuts through ", this is the gospel as if it did not last 44 years. It is sad and miserable. "
He said that Obama - who called him a "leader of great power and warrior great for human rights, justice, freedom and democracy for all people" - it seemed like the head of the State Normal else "wants a lot and can do less; difficult to anger him, for this good man with good will, But harder still to see him in his inability, champion broke his teeth and left him his power. Is this time appointed by God? ".
The writer Yael Strnhl saw an article in the same newspaper that the President of the United States "is weak and disappointed to stand by Israel and it is the criticism and opposition, but the United States may not be able to continue interest in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because of the many internal problems."
The politician, Yossi Beilin, in an article in "Israel today" under the title "What about the temporary borders of Palestine," that out of the dilemma present in the General Assembly of the United Nations would be that the United States participates post stronger and more active, to formulating a decision is fit to be a basis to start negotiations to achieve the The second of the road map, which is the emergence of a Palestinian state in provisional borders. "


Source: Israeli press

Concerns about the Palestinian state

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 and academic American of Palestinian origin Sari Makdisi, in his article published by the Los Angeles U.S. that what he called the gamble of Palestinians in the United Nations might backfire, expressing concern about the move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a whole.

He explained that everyone knows how much felt by the Arabs and the Palestinians areangry about the idea that the United States is threatening to block the recognition of a Palestinian state in the United Nations.

But on the other hand - and say to the writer - there are fears that come step by Abbascounterproductive and unexpected, and perhaps that would delay the Palestinians for decades to come.

While the writer mentioned what he called the mysterious atmosphere surrounding therecent Palestinian step, he added that the move is consistent with the pattern of secret negotiations that do not expire between the Palestinians and the Israelis, thosecontinuing for peace in two decades, to no avail.

The predicament of Israel
The only concrete results of those negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, he says it was started to give Palestinian leaders fleeting taste of power, he said, adding that this was in conjunction with the leadership of the Palestinian people to adeeper quagmire.

Makdisi also added that the moment pregnant with paradoxes, explaining that theadministration of U.S. President Barack Obama is trying to save Israel from the quagmire that may be exposed at the United Nations, and in light of the approachingU.S. presidential election in 2012.

While the United States will spend on the Palestinian dream of being, through the use ofthe right of veto, thus eliminating the legitimate Palestinian aspirations, Washington foilalso of both Abbas and his colleagues, intentionally or unintentionally.

As described by President Abbas is elected and his Mounthah since 2006, so thepresidential authority is terminated three years ago, and it does not have the support or the mandate to come forward for his actions on the Palestinian state.


Source: Los Angeles Times

Yemen and the Yemeni forces killed in favor of bombing the Taiz

Ten people were killed for the renewed clashes in Sanaa between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the forces opposing him, at a time when the city streets of a war between the parties. The reporter said that forces loyal to the island for the nightwith tanks shelled the Freedom Square in Taiz.

According to sources in the Yemeni Interior Ministry said four people were killed and six others wounded by a shell falling on the residence of Sheikh Aziz, a small bin, loyal to President Saleh.

The office said his rival Sheikh Red donkeys told the French press killed two of his bodyguards and wounding five others wounded in the bombing targeted the home.

Before that, medical sources said four civilians were killed in clashes between military units led by General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar in favor of the rebels, and Republican Guard led by Ahmad, son of the Yemeni president.
Earlier, witnesses and hospital sources said two women were killed by snipers targeted the arena of change, where protesters stationed in favor of the departure of claimants, and killed two men bombed the targeted region, as well as resulting in the injury of nine people injured.
Thus, the death toll rose to one hundred since the return of violence to Sana'a last Sunday, according to The Associated Press.
The clashes Sunday had begun in the aftermath of the fall of shot dead by security forces in demonstrations demanding resolution of the revolution, after the news of the refusal in favor of the signing of the Gulf Initiative, which raised the anger of the demonstrators.
The Residents of Sanaa homes for fear of explosion of the situation, and stopped traffic in the capital, where most shops closed their doors.
According to the correspondent of Agence France-Presse that the protesters, the protesters in the yard of the change since February last did not leave their place near the University of Sana'a, despite the violence.
War of the streetsOfficials refused to reveal their names - told The Associated Press - The street fighting broke out between the Republican Guard units and tribes loyal to favor the one hand, and those led by Maj. Gen. Red and tribes supporting the rebels in many neighborhoods in Sana'a on the other hand, without yet received any details on casualties human caused.

The same source added that dozens of homes and shops were damaged or set ablazeby the indiscriminate bombing carried out by forces loyal to Saleh.

And expanded to other neighborhoods confrontations in an apparent attempt of the Republican Guard forces to encircle the red from the north and west.

Pat and Zubairy Street to seek new separation line between the north of Sana'a under the control of forces loyal to the Red Brigade, and the south under the control ofpro-Saleh.

At the same time, clashes erupted between gunmen loyal to clan leader Sadiq Redpro-revolutionaries, and supporters of the leader of another tribal chief loyal to Presidentis a small bin Aziz. The clashes took place light and medium weapons in the capital's northern neighborhood of measles, according to witnesses.

In the realm of change, angry protesters set fire to the house said that the sniper hide, and organized a blood donation campaign medics to rescue the injured.

The explosions also rocked the southern part of the yard change, during the battlesbroke out between forces of good and forces of pro-revolutionaries along Zubairy Streetin Sana'a.

Assassination attemptIn the midst of these developments has survived and former Yemeni Defence Minister, Major General Aliyu Abdullahi Ali, who joined protesters demanding the resignation in favor of an assassination attempt Thursday afternoon, killing his bodyguard and wounded his son and his driver were wounded.
The media quoted close to the Yemeni opposition witnesses as saying: "The system forces proceeded in favor of an assassination attempt on Gen. Aliyu and former defense minister who survived an attempt on Thursday afternoon while the attempt resulted in the death of his bodyguard and wounded his driver and his son in the incident."
The news agency United Press International sources that members of the armed snipers were in the sixty-street in the capital Sana'a attacked cars and Gen. Aliyu armed attack led to the death of one of his bodyguards and wounding his son and driver of the car were injured.
The snipers had fired on the fire brigade from a Eliwa the buildings that are concentrated in a few days ago amid fierce clashes between the forces of good and forces loyal to the revolution and sources indicate that the snipers, affiliated to the forces in favor.
And repeated assassinations since the establishment of a popular movement demanding the president step down in favor, and he was one of the victims of such attempts, one of which hit him on the third of June last, killing 11 people, his bodyguards and the death of the Shura Council, Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani.


Source: Al Jazeera + agencies

Heralds the development of a vaccine against AIDS

Scientists from the United States and Europe in the study to them that the AIDS virus becomes capable of destroying the immune system in the event of removal of cholesterol from Gchaúh, a finding that - according to scientists - would provide a new approach to develop a vaccine for the prevention of the deadly disease.
The team now plans to discuss how to use this method to eliminate the virus and may develop a vaccine.
The supervisor and the study Adriano Boisson from Imperial College in London, AIDS virus, "such as the army has weapons, but still has the flags, so you can identify it another army and attack."
During the study, published in the journal "Blood" on Monday removed the team Boisson cholesterol from the membrane surrounding the virus, to find that the removal prevented the virus from the operation of the immune system innate, and this in turn led to the adaptive response is stronger organized by the type of immune cell known as the cells of the "T" .
Usually when a person becomes infected with "HP. Any. In the" cause of AIDS, defends the immune response innate to the body immediately, but some researchers believe that the AIDS virus makes the immune system, innate over-reaction, which weakens the defense line next to the immune system, known as the immune response adaptive.
Try and scientists from companies and nonprofit organizations and governments around the world for many years to produce a vaccine against HIV, but until now, been only limited success.
AIDS kills about 1.8 million people annually around the world, was hit up to 2.6 million people with HIV in 2009, while Tasman number of people in the world 33.3 million.


Source: Reuters

Older Arab taxi driver retire

Aisha Yousef Ibrahim spend the oldest taxi driver (taxi) in the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf-old bedridden the rest of the city of Aden in southern Yemen after a heavier burden spent nearly eight decades, including nearly half a century behind the wheel of the car.
Aisha Ibrahim and laments (73 years) on a long history epitomized certificates and photographs during their taxi driver since the mid-fifties in Aden, where she was still a British colony.
According to the certificates obtained from the British Governor of Aden to the ancient families and institutions, all of which were damaged by heavy rains swept through Aden in 1993 and included her room adjacent to the adjacent slope of hill.
Aisha Ibrahim and live in the neighborhood of the herd suburb of the town of Crater (freed the town of Aden) and a single shared her room a small radio, is part of her daily life.
And lives in a modest house in the neighborhood inhabited by poverty which is a one room like Bsardab does not exceed an area of ​​eight square meters.
The Traffic Department has honored Aden in 2006 and granted a certificate of appreciation as the oldest taxi driver on the island and the Gulf.
The existence of the island that what Aargaha after it became unable to move a young unknown years before stealing her car from the type of "Opel" in front of her home and selling their parts to scrap metal dealers.
She talks about her experience with pride and nostalgia to the past by saying "I worked a taxi driver since the mid-fifties did not happen during my tenure, which lasted nearly 45 years it had committed any violation or traffic accident."
Existence and descend from the town of Shahr in Hadramout are born to parents whohold the nationality of Somalia, has been moved to the province of Aden with her sisterafter her parents died.

Although he never married as well as the ordinary woman has not received their share ofeducation, where children of the neighborhood described as emerging from the womb of suffering when her parents died, the boys still do not exceed the age of fifteen.

Eisha career began earning a living in a small wooden booth in a popular neighborhoods Pkritr sells cigarettes and some ice cream before donating one of its neighbors, teaching her driving career.

At the age of eighteen years has been able to collect car for work and started a taxidriver offers delivery services to some families in Aden.

Respect
It describes an existence test with the car saying "I was the maintenance of the car itselfhas never been harassed or denied by one and you I have the respect and encourageby all."

In spite of what ties the movement of her body the day of the diseases of aging, older women do not show signs of weakness for the visitors, they are - as described by one ofits neighbors - "the intensity is inherent throughout the journey of life."

Said Mohamed Saleh Mohamed, who volunteered with his family to work on thesponsorship "does not know the existence of a taxi driver in Aden? Was very womandoes not dare to intercept a way."

Although it allows for women in Yemen, Yemeni, led by private car and giving themdriver's licenses without any obstacles, the existence of Abraham is the first among theleading Yemeni taxi.

Statistics
The statistics over the past years and until October / November 2008 stated that in 1935a Yemeni woman who received a license to cars tutor them in 1196 in the capital, and 184 licenses in the governorate of Sana'a, and 141 licenses in the governorate of Aden,and 182 in the governorate of Taiz.

According to the director of the passage of Aden Adel Youssef has been observedrecently a large turnout of Yemeni women's driving, and that the number of women who obtained licenses through the leadership of the past three years up to the weakness ofthe statistics.

He hinted of the island to honor the passing of Aden to an existence comes to highlightits historic role as the oldest taxi driver on the island and the Gulf, "in recognition of the absence of any record of traffic violations."



Source: Al Jazeera

Facebook defeated Reading in Britain

An opinion poll showed that young people go out for the British reading the works ofwriters such as Dickens, Shakespeare and Keats to the concern of social networkingsites on the Internet such as Facebook and Twitter.

The poll that young men and one in six young men are not able to read one book a month, and that less than half of young people choose to read a book outside ofcurriculum time at least once a month.

Instead, the children prefer to see the written word often via mobile phone messagesand e-mail and social networking sites on the Internet such as Facebook and Twitter.

The poll asked 18,141 children aged between eight and 17 years old, conducted by the British charity organization (National Trust for Atrasa).

The director of the Foundation, Jonathan Douglas in a statement that the payment ofthese children to read and help them to love reading is the means to transform their livesand give them opportunities and new expectations.

She explained that the charity in the light of indications that the pace of reading directly related to collecting, there is an urgent need for new ways to encourage more young people to read.

She described the proposal of the Minister of Education Secretary Michael Goff to readstudents who have reached 11 years, 50 books per year, as a "big challenge" in light ofthese results.


Source: Reuters

Aisha Gaddafi gave birth at the border

Put Aisha daughter of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's daughter, a day after she fled withher ​​family to others of the Algerian territory.

News of the birth of new grandson of Colonel fugitive days after the fall of his regime andconfirmed by the Algerian Ministry of Health and disclosed, the Algerian Ambassador to the United Nations Mehdi Ben Mrad in a letter to the UN Security Council.

The ambassador pointed out in his letter that Aisha was born came into the world on the same day that her mother crossed the border, "without medical assistance."

He added that Aisha was given the opportunity to enter the territory of his country's"humanitarian grounds".

Called the Associated Press that the baby was born I called descriptive (on the name ofher grandmother) as "dramatic", saying it shows some human dimensions to overthrowthe dictator, who disappeared in an unknown location.

The Aisha Gaddafi, had fled with her mother Safia and her two brothers Mohammed and their children to Hannibal and Algeria on my car, SUV and a bus and a Mercedes.

The Algerian press reported that the pregnancy Aisha Gaddafi was behind Algeria's decision to allow the controversial Colonel's family members to enter the Libyanterritory.



Source: Associated Press

Obama for the Palestinians: We will disrupt the state veto

Obama and Abbas during the meeting (French)

The White House said U.S. President Barack Obama told Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas on Wednesday that the move to the United Nations will not achieve a Palestinian state and that the U.S. would veto power to thwart any move in the Security Council for the recognition of a Palestinian state.

Said Ben Rdos spokesman for the National Security Council, the White House, told reporters after meeting Abbas in the Obama and New York, "we will have to reject any move in the Security Council of the United Nations, including if necessary the use of theveto."

For his part, said presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina told the French pressafter the meeting, "Obama said of Abbas's commitment to two-state solution and the need to establish a Palestinian state, but he stressed his opposition to go the Palestinian to the Security Council and asked him to return to direct negotiations with Israel."

He added that "President Abbas is reviewed during a meeting with President Obama'sposition of going to the Security Council to request full membership of the State ofPalestine."

He explained that Mahmoud Abbas, "discussed with President Obama a draft statement of the Quartet and the Palestinian position it," stressing that the draftstatement "did not meet the required conditions are Palestinian." He also said that the two leaders "discussed the efforts of the international community towards the Palestinian cause."
Without a permitHe did not make any statement by the presidents of the meeting, which followed a private meeting between the President of the United States and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, shortly before noon Wednesday.
Abbas has said he will present Friday to the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon asked the membership of the State of Palestine in the UN Security Council.
And the morning of Wednesday, Obama said that there is no path of "short" to achieve peace. He told the General Assembly of the United Nations, "I am convinced that there is no shortcut to end a decades-old conflict. Peace can not come across statements and resolutions of the United Nations, even if it was that easy to just done."

Out and study the two PalestinianHe was a member of the Central Committee of the Palestine National Liberation Movement (Fatah), Nabil Shaath, said Wednesday that the Palestinians Simalon the UN Security Council "some time" to study the request for full membership of the United Nations for a Palestinian state, after U.S. President opposing provide the Palestinians with this application.
As Nabil Abu Rdainah spokesman for Palestinian President, in a statement that the Palestinians are ready to return to the negotiating table as soon as Israel agrees to stop settlement and accept the 1967 borders, as reference conditions for negotiations.
In this context also, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, will examine the proposals for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian leadership provided by French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a speech at the opening meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Sarkozy proposed on Wednesday that Palestine be granted observer status in the international organization and to begin negotiations between the PA and Israel during the month and that is to reach agreement on border security during the six months to reach a final agreement within a year.
The French president said, "Today we face a very difficult choice, we all know that Palestine can not have immediate access to the full recognition and full development of a Member State of the United Nations."
He added, "but doubted that the use of the veto in the Security Council has the potential to provoke a new wave of violence in the Middle East?". Sarkozy said he should not exclude the intermediate stage.
He explained, "Why can not imagine granting Palestine put an observer at the United Nations this will be an important step forward and more importantly is that it would mean out of the stalemate, which is only useful in so doing, we will hope the extremists through the achievement of progress towards a final status."
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) believed that Obama's remarks show the American bias "normal" to Israel at the expense of Arab and Palestinian interests.
He said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that the way to the Palestinian state does not pass through America or the United Nations, but passes only through the Palestinian people and its unity.
Israeli thanked for ObamaFor his part, was Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister thanked the U.S. president for his support of Israel.
This came during a meeting held between the two leaders Wednesday on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the United Nations and after minutes from the dumping of Obama's speech to the international organization.
The President of the Israeli government expressed the hope that other prominentpoliticians follow the lead of the U.S. president to call for the resumption of negotiationsbetween Israel and the Palestinians.

Netanyahu explained that he "knows that these leaders are under great pressure,"claiming that the proposals are anti-Israel "automatic majority" of the United Nations.

And on the Declaration of the U.S. President in previous statements that he will, if necessary, to use its veto against the Palestinian demand Netanyahu said: "I ​​think this isa badge of honor, and I would like to thank you for the honor of the Order made ​​you this."

For his part, Obama said at the beginning of his meeting with Netanyahu, he can notimpose peace on both sides and this should be the result of the negotiations.

Obama said that "events in the region shows us the extent to which peace can be fragile and this is a great honor that the Prime Minister is here."

The U.S. president said in a speech before the General Assembly that the Palestinian people deserve their own state, but real peace is achieved only between the Israelis and the Palestinians themselves.



Source: Al Jazeera + agencies

10 dead in Yemen and the failure of mediation

Worsening political and security situation in Yemen during the last few hours that have been killed ten people and wounded others in different parts of the arenas of change, while the envoy left the Gulf Sana'a without progress in efforts to transfer power.
In this context, one person was killed and others injured in the courtyard of the change in Sanaa, hours after at least nine people and injuring dozens of sniper fire and artillery shells in clashes between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and other pro-revolution in Sana'a.
The lifting of those killed during the past few hours the death toll to 85 dead in four days of bloodshed that ended the stalemate long and troubled that swept Yemen amid sporadic attempts to mediate in the crisis.
The forces that support the revolution in a statement to the protesters in the yard of the change in Sanaa, said the military confrontation has not yet started with the designated authority of the gang raped, in reference to forces loyal to President Saleh.
The statement pledged to continue to defend the peaceful revolution and not to be drawn into a military confrontation.
Emerged as a massive march in Dhamar condemning "the continued benefit of the crimes committed by his gang, his family and blood on the youth revolution in the capital Sana'a and Taiz." And vowed to march T. Ali Saleh and his son and his death and confirmed that they will not escape from the punishment of the people.
In the meantime, I went out a demonstration in the city of Ibb to denounce what he called the massacres of demonstrators in favor of a family in Sanaa and Taiz.
The youth revolution in the city say prayers for the dead, peaceful demonstrations andvowed to step up the revolutionary overthrow of the regime, even with all its symbols.

In the western city of Hodeidah Yemen came out a demonstration to demand the trial ofAhmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, commander of the Republican Guard and Special Forces on charges of committing war crimes.

In Taiz, eight protesters were injured when troops dispersed a force loyal to Presidentdemonstration near the building to maintain the call for decisive revolutionarygovernment headquarters and the closure of those forces and set up a security checkpoint near the governorate building and closed all roads leading to the Presidential Palace.

Gulf Initiative
In the meantime, the security reflected the tension on the political efforts to transfer power, and he left the Secretary-General of the GCC Abdul Latif Zayani Sana'a withoutmaking progress on the mediation efforts.

The news agency quoted the Yemeni as saying that he Zayani he had to wait until the"favorable conditions" to achieve this goal, indicating that the two sides are not close toreaching an agreement.

On the other hand a diplomatic source told Reuters that the United Nations plans to pull50 employees on Friday because of the deteriorating security situation.



Source: Al Jazeera + agencies