Shortage of basic supplies in the Libyan capital

Abandoned vehicles in rows of several kilometers off the pump, motorists exchanging angry shouting match with soldiers guarding gas stations and many shops were closed part of the picture of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, in what should have been a day. Multiply in ways that increasingly, residents in the Libyan capital are feeling all kinds of disorders related to lack of supplies.

The shortage is a dramatic indication of how the rebellion of nearly three months in Libya, and the resulting chaos is affecting daily life in the bastion of Moammar Gadhafi and other parts of the West of Libya still under its control. International sanctions have begun to cause significant effects.

The operator of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant shutdown confirms

Chubu Electric Power, the company that manages the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station (southwestern Japan) has decided today to accept the request of the Japanese Government, which on Friday asked the indefinite suspension of operations of the reactors at the plant, because of the risk seismic zone which is located at the confluence of three tectonic plates.

Naoto Kan, Prime Minister, announced at a televised press conference took the decision to close the plant because of doubts about safety, as the government estimates that 87% chance that there occurs an earthquake of magnitude higher eight in the next 30 years. "Had an accident in Hamaoka, would have serious consequences," said Khan.

Chavez today begins a tour of Brazil, Ecuador and Cuba

CARACAS, 9 May. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday will begin a whirlwind tour of the region that will take you to Brazil, Ecuador and Cuba, with the aim of strengthening the agreements signed within the framework of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).

The tour kicks off in Brazil where he is scheduled to meet Tuesday with his counterpart from that country, Dilma Rousseff, in what will be his first official visit to its southern neighbor since the successor to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in January . Both governments will promote agreements in the agricultural, industrial, housing, scientific, financial and telecommunications sectors, the agency Prensa Latina.

Tunisia: The government is introducing a curfew in Tunis

The Tunisian government has imposed a night curfew in Tunis and its suburbs, Saturday, May 7, after "violence and looting", indicating a persistent unease four months after the overthrow of the regime of Ben Ali. A Ettadhamen, a poor suburb, gangs of youths are nevertheless engaged in looting and pillaging in the night from Saturday to Sunday.

Islamists have mobilized to try to restore order in the absence of intervention by police, residents said. Sunday in downtown Tunis, the police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who had gathered for the fourth consecutive day. Number about 200 on the steps of the Municipal Theatre and Avenue Habib Bourguiba, they repeatedly chanted the national anthem before chanting slogans against the police who asked them to disperse, firing tear gas.

The Syrian army off protests in several cities

In an attempt to prevent the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian army took the city of Homs, the third largest in the country. After the entry of the military machine gun fire were heard and bombs in the city, home to one million people, according to witnesses quoted by Arab media. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the soldiers came in tanks in the districts of Bab Sebaa, Bab al-Amro and Tal Sour Homs.

Storm kills 11 people and generates alerts in the Philippines

With Tropical Storm Aere leaving a trail of death in the country, Philippine officials on Monday asked the inhabitants of small agricultural villages in the north of the country to remain alert to the possibility of occurrence of landslides and floods. Aere has left 11 dead since joining the eastern province of Catanduanes on Sunday morning with winds of 85 kilometers (53 miles) per hour and gusts of 100 kilometers (62 miles) per hour.

U.S. pressure on Pakistan by the presence of Bin Laden on its territory

A week after the death of Osama bin Laden, the U.S. has increased pressure on Pakistan by the presence of al Qaeda in its territory for nearly six years. The U.S. president has urged Islamabad to investigate whether members of the Pakistani government was involved or knew of a "network of support" to terrorist hiding in Abottabad, a military post just 50 miles from the capital.

Obama's comments in an interview broadcast last night (late in Spain) on CBS, are the most direct on the possible complicity of Pakistan with terrorism. "We had to be some kind of network of support for bin Laden inside Pakistan," he explained. "We do not know whether they may have been some people in Government or outside Government.