Al-Qaida adopts a Acting Chief

Saif al-Adel, a senior Egyptian Al-Qaeda, has been appointed acting chief of the extremist group, after the death of Osama bin Laden, reports the news channel CNN. Al-Adel, a former member of the Egyptian special forces and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, is aged about 50 years and is the head of the military wing of Al Qaeda.

Also known as Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi, he was indicted for his alleged involvement in attacks against U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998, and a reward of $ 5 million is offered for his arrest. The American chain is based on information provided by Noman Benotman, a former Libyan militant extremist who has renounced the ideology of Al Qaeda.

The opposition calls for general strike in Syria

The opposition in Syria launched Tuesday, May 17, a call for a general strike for Wednesday, once again defying the regime of Bashar al-Assad, subjected to increasing pressures abroad, the United States announcing measures "extra" in "coming days". "Wednesday will be a day of general strike in Syria," said a statement posted on the Facebook page of The Syrian Revolution 2011 engine of the protest movement launched in mid-March against the regime.

Privacy and accomplices of the powerful journalists

One of the things that the affair Strauss-Kahn highlighted is typically French attitude that is consumed in the name of respect for privacy: ilNew York Times calls him "The Code of Silence", a form of privacy that is carried to excess which is now under consideration and mea culpa. The Code follows a clear ritual: "A scandal threatens to destroy the reputation of a powerful figure in France.

New details on preparations for the raid against Osama bin Laden

The CIA sent stealth drones at dozens of secret missions in Pakistan to obtain information on the residence where Osama bin Laden lived, said Tuesday the Washington Post. The paper said that the CIA has used these machines to fly at high altitude without being detected and provide high resolution video films before Osama Bin Laden was killed May 2 in Abbottabad.

The CIA also used satellites, listening devices and secret agents based in a safe house in Abbottabad where bin Laden lived about five years until he was spotted, said the Washington Post. Stealth aircraft have produced images that have been watched by President Barack Obama and his national security team when the raid took place at night.

Syria, burials for bodies in the grave comuneDa Assad, partial admission of errors

Have been set for this afternoon's funeral of the victims buried in mass grave discovered yesterday near the cemetery of Dara, south of Damascus. According to some sources, it would be at least 40 bodies, with the disfigured face to avoid recognition. Immediately after the funeral, the activists announced, there will be a great event.

After the discovery of the pit, the army has now surrounded the area, imposing a curfew and allowing citizens to leave the house for only two hours a day. Yesterday, the Syrian Interior Ministry had denied the report, speaking of a "campaign of lies against Syria," but some home videos have proven the discovery of the bodies.

Obus Libyan Tunis threatening to seize the UN

The Tunisian government has threatened to seize the UN, the evening of Tuesday, May 17, after further falls Libyan shells on its territory near the border post-Dehiba in southern Afghanistan, said an authorized source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The Tunisian government has instructed its ambassador to Tripoli this, to convey its strong protest to the Libyan authorities and prevent the continuation of these dangerous violations committed by Libyan forces will have very negative impacts on relations between the two countries" said the source quoted by the official news agency TAP.

Correa wins by minimally consultation justice reform in Ecuador

With almost 100% of the votes officially counted, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa can say for sure who won the referendum on May 7. But you can not say I have won comfortably, as stated on the Saturday of the consultation, even before knowing the results to exit polls. Ecuadoreans have said yes to the Government in the 10 questions raised by the referendum, but the two most controversial, which allow you to control the justice and the press, the advantage to Correa's claims was particularly low.