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.

Clinton considers the position of Damascus less "untenable"

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has not initiated serious reforms and the government's position is "less tenable" every day, said, Tuesday, June 31, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In the clearest statements to date suggest that Washington is preparing to ask President Bashar al-Assad to withdraw, Clinton recalled that President Barack Obama had given the choice between the Syrian leader to lead the political transition " go away.

Walk in Jerusalem brings together more than 40 000 people

Fifteen people were arrested and three were slightly wounded during a march in East Jerusalem to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the "reunification" of the city in the Six Day War. The march, which marks the anniversary of the capture of the eastern part of the city by Israel in 1967, brought more than 40 000 people, according to the police, who had to intervene at various points along the route to disperse violent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis.

A strong explosion daa a hotel in the Libyan city of Benghazi

A huge explosion today damaged a hotel in the Libyan city of Benghazi (east), the capital of the rebels against the dictatorship of Qaddafi, as reported by Arab satellite television. According to preliminary information released by Al Jazeera, the explosion came from a car parked outside the hotel Tibesti.

Television footage showed several cars on fire at the front of the hotel, one of the largest in Libya's second city and is often host to diplomats, journalists and officials of the Libyan rebel movement. Located on the seafront in central Benghazi, in the past has even been chosen by the National Transitional Council (the de facto government of the rebels) to his press conferences.

Veteran British forces would be present in Libya

Veteran British Special Forces, employed by private security companies, are present in Misrata, west of Libya, where they advised the rebels to Libyan soil and provide information to NATO, said the Guardian newspaper britanniqueThe Wednesday 1 June Former special forces (SAS) are sent to the command of NATO operations in Naples information on the location and movements of troops loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi, military sources said the British daily.

At least 44 members of Al Qaeda killed in assault on headquarters of Yemen

At least 44 members of the terrorist network Al Qaeda in Yemen were killed in a failed attempt to storm a military base near the southern town of Zinyibar, where gunmen and security forces faced since last May 27. Security sources and the Yemeni news agency, Saba, claimed that the alleged al Qaeda militants tried to seize the headquarters of the Brigade 25.

The sources added that the Army and security have launched an operation "clean" in Zinyibar, capital of the province of Abyan, taken on Friday by hundreds of fighters. They argue that continued harassment of "the remains of the terrorist group who still control, apparently some places in the city.

Rge Espas the slip at the top of the opposition Syrian

The presence of infiltrates close to the regime of Bashar Assad has created a stir in the Syrian opposition meeting held in Antalya. About 300 dissidents and human rights defenders in Syria have met this Turkish city to organize and develop a plan that will culminate in the ouster of President al-Assad and the dissolution of the regime.

Meanwhile, Syrian President has decreed today the formation of a body to begin a national dialogue and overcome the political crisis facing the country, according to the EFE news agency says, citing Syrian state television. About a half dozen men, identified as spies by opponents of the regime, have been expelled from the meeting, while others may still be hidden.