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Amnesty International urged the Egyptian authorities, Tuesday, May 31, to bring to justice the perpetrators of "virginity tests" forced inflicted by the army of protesters arrested on Tahrir Square in early March.

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Journalist killed in Pakistan condemns Washington

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned Tuesday, May 31, the assassination of a Pakistani journalist who disappeared after writing an article on links between the Pakistani army and Al Qaeda. "The United States strongly condemns the abduction and murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad," Clinton wrote in a statement.

"His work on issues of terrorism and intelligence has highlighted the problems that extremism poses to Pakistan's stability," said she, adding that Washington welcomes the announcement of an investigation the murder. Shahzad, 40, was a correspondent for the Italian news agency Adnkronos International (AKI) and bureau chief in Pakistan from AsiaTimes Online news site based in Hong Kong.

Fighting night are dozens dead in Sanaa

Thirty-seven people, mostly fighters, were killed in clashes in Sanaa at night, between government forces and supporters of a tribal leader said on Wednesday 1 June to one source at a hospital in the Yemeni capital . Another report, transmitted by the AP, due to state his side of 41 dead. Most victims are members of the forces loyal to President Ali Abdallah Saleh or challenged fighters of the powerful tribal leader Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ahmar, rallied to the opposition.

The Syrian regime in search of an exit to the crisis

The regime of Bashar Al Assad has stepped in a few hours initiatives that it hopes will enable him to regain control.

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A UN commission accused Gadhafi forces of war crimes

.- A UN commission of inquiry established in a report that the Libyan government forces committed crimes against humanity and war crimes in the conflict that pits rebels against the regime of Muammar Gadhafi. This conclusion-part of today's report to the Secretariat of Human Rights Council, which meets today in Geneva, is based on information gathered on the spot by human rights experts on the commission.

Democrats and Republicans are divided over the U.S. debt

As the battle rages in Congress on ways to reduce the huge national debt, Republicans tried Tuesday, May 31 maneuvers deemed "irresponsible" by the Democrats: reject a necessary increase in the indebtedness of the United States if heavy budgetary sacrifices are not attached. Unsurprisingly, the House of Representatives rejected by 318 votes against 97 an increase of 2 400 billion debt ceiling of the United States, when the battle rages in Congress on ways to reduce the deficit U.S..

Khartoum and southern Sudan in search of a demilitarization agreement

The Khartoum government and south Sudan have agreed to establish a demilitarized zone along their common border, said Tuesday the African Union (AU), ten days after entry of the Union Army in the region oil-rich Abyei. The agreement was reached at a meeting between the two parties in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.

The Northern forces entered May 21 in the Abyei region, argue that both parties, forcing 80,000 people to flee south. South Sudan to proclaim independence on July 9, overwhelmingly approved by referendum in January, but the issues concerning the border and sharing oil revenues with the North have still not been resolved.