Number of deaths of victims of NATO to the Kabul airport shooting rises to 9 - Xinhua

(Kabul, April 27, Xinhua) - dead of-led NATO International Assistance Security Force (ISAF) in the shootout at Kabul airport on Wednesday reached nine, a statement of the published military alliance said here.

"Eight soldiers of the International Assistance Force to the security and civilian of the ISAF die after a shooting here today," confirmed the statement.

However, he did not identify the nationalities of the victims, saying that it is the policy of the ISAF to postpone casualty identification procedures to the competent national authorities.

In the previous statement, the alliance has developed the number of victims has suffered in the incident which happened in the Afghan Air Corps just six soldiers from 11: 00 local time.

Earlier, the Afghan Defence Ministry confirmed in a statement this shooting between an Afghan driver and his colleagues abroad to Afghan Air Corps which located in the western part of Kabul airport left a number of dead and wounded.

Afghan Ministry of defence in the statement also noted that more details would be published after the end of the investigation.

Meanwhile, Taliban militants, fight against Afghan troops and NATO-led by Afghanistan claimed responsibility, saying the incident by a Loyalist Taliban nine foreigners and five Afghan soldiers were killed.

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Clashes between Cambodian, Thai troops end: Cambodian military - Xinhua

(PHNOM PENH, April 22 Xinhua) - armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai troops is completed in the border area disputed Ta my Thom temple and temple of Ta Krabek in Oddar Meanchey province, said a commander military Cambodia Friday.

Clashes begins at 6: 00 Friday and ends to 10: 30 a. m., said Deputy brigade commander 42 Neak Vong, Ta my Thom Temple.

"The victims in the fighting have not been accounted yet," he told Xinhua by telephone.

On the Cambodian side accused Thai troops to open fire. "Cambodian troops just exercising legitimate rights and to protect our territory," said PICH Sokhin, Governor of the province of Oddar Meanchey of Cambodia.

The military confrontation reappeared just more than two months after the clash murderer from 4 to 7 February at the disputed side area of the temple of Preah Vihear, World Heritage Site.

The Indonesia, the current ASEAN Chair, has proposed to send observers to the area near the temple of Preah Vihear in dispute, and the United Nations and ASEAN have called on both sides to resolve the conflict through peaceful way.

Cambodia expressed its home. But the meetings held earlier this month Indonesia failed to resolve the situation

The border between Cambodia and the Thailand was never completely enclosed and the issue of the temple of Preah Vihear was a centuries-old conflict.

Temple of Preah Vihear of Cambodia was enlisted as a World Heritage Site, July 7, 2008. A week after enrolment, in Cambodia and the Thailand were border conflict by Thai claim of ownership of 4.6 square kilometres of Bush next to the temple, triggering an escalation military along the border, and periodic clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers resulted in the death of troops from both sides.

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Attorney General of the Egypt in prison Mubarak - Xinhua

(BEIJING, April 22 Xinhuanet.com) - Attorney General of the Egypt, Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, plans to move former President Hosni Mubarak in a prison. Forensic authorities will examine health of Mubarak and the possibility of transferring him to the hospital in Torah prison.

Medical experts will ensure that the hospital provides all the medical requirements to transfer Mubarak in prison. The former President was hospitalized after he suffered a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors.

The Attorney General was ordered to hold Mubarak and his two sons for 15 days, 13 April accusing him of using violence against demonstrators during the event.

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NATO Chief says no military solution to the prior Libya of the Berlin meeting - Xinhua

(BERLIN, April 14 Xinhua) - there is no military solution to the Libyan conflict and NATO hope to see a policy in the near future, leader of the alliance, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, just prior to the meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs said Thursday.

"The honest answer is that there is no military solution to this conflict." We need a political solution, and it is the Libyan people to come with a...I hope that we will be able to find a political solution in the near future, "Rasmussen told German weekly Spiegel."

"The worst outcome would be a military stalemate or a de facto partition of Libyan society, in which the Libya would become a failed State and a breeding ground of terrorists - and which is so close to Europe's borders," warned the head of NATO.

As for providing humanitarian assistance to the Libya, Rasmussen insisted that alliance did not assume a leading role, saying that the Organization of the United Nations must coordinate, with the support of the European Union (EU).

28 Countries of the NATO Foreign Ministers are meeting in Berlin on Thursday and Friday, with Libyan conflict their priorities.

In their discussions, Ministers will try to bridge their differences on the scope of the military campaign led by NATO against the Libya, after the Minister of French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe and his British counterpart William Hague publicly pressed NATO allies to intensify air raids in Libya.

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Several events at the Yemen - Xinhua

(BEIJING, April 14, Xinhuanet.com) - security forces were faced with thousands of anti-government demonstrators in the South Yemen. At least one person was killed during the crackdown on Wednesday, in the main city of the region Aden.

Supported by tanks and artillery, the armed police and anti-riot fired live bullets and tear gas into the crowd. Medical officials say one victim died, while seven that other were wounded. In the capital, Sana'a, thousands of demonstrators staged some of the largest gatherings of the country to date. They called for more freedom and less poverty.

In mid-February, Yemen from the site of many marches anti-administration, demanding an immediate end to the rule of 33 years of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The political crisis resulted in the deterioration of the security and stability in the country.

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Gamal with Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh hospital: report - Xinhua

(In Cairo, April 12, Xinhua)-Gamal Mubarak, younger son of former President Hosni Mubarak the Egypt, was accompanying his father in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt al-Ahram newspaper said on its Web site late Tuesday.

Hosni Mubarak was hospitalized Tuesday in Sharm El-Sheikh, State TV reported.

Earlier Tuesday, a judge told Xinhua that Gamal should be held for at least 15 days.

Gamal has resigned from his position in the first democratic National Party decision: February 5 after the protests started on 25 January against the domination of his father. Hosni Mubarak was forced to resign on 11 February.

Egyptian Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud decided Sunday to question the former President and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, on charges relating to the use of violence against protesters during anti-Government protests.

Official news agency MENA Mubarak and his two sons also will be questioned on alleged corruption by using their influence to take public funds and get commissions of different offers, had said.

But Mubarak defends and its family by denying the charges in a taped audio speech issued by pan-Arab Al - Arabiya TV on Sunday.

Mubarak denied that he used his power to accumulate wealth big. It added richness Alaa and Gamal was acquired by exploiting their influence or illegal guys through.

Some 384 people were killed in the anti-government demonstration from late January to early February, according to the Ministry of health of the country.

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Egypt gears anti-corruption battle against the regime of Mubarak - Xinhua

by Xinhua writer Li Laifang

(In Cairo, April 10, Xinhua)-the Egypt has accelerated its campaign anti-corruption officials Mubarak-era to relieve the demonstrators which require the first trials of the former President Hosni Mubarak and his top aides of the page.

Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid, Attorney General of the country, on Sunday called Mubarak and would to his younger son Gamal, in a few days, judicial sources said.

Former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, an ally top of the former President, was detained with a former Minister of housing, the same day on charges of corruption.

They came after one was killed and dozens were injured in a riot Saturday early in central Cairo on Tahrir square, where troops and police have been dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who wanted to remain there during the night, defying the curfew remained in effect from 2 am (0000 GMT) to 5 hours of the morning (0300 GMT).

Tens of thousands of demonstrators Friday gathered on the place Tahrir, the epicentre of the mass protests that forced Mubarak to resign on 11 February, to express their anger on what they believed as the slow process of indictment corrupt in the former Government officials.

Remains of the decision formerly Democratic Party (NDP) have been blamed for inciting deadly rioting on Saturday aimed at a corner of conduct between the army and the population.

To avoid bloodshed, which means no excuse for more protests, prosecutors should speed up their investigations into cases of corruption of former and bring to justice as soon as possible, as required by the groups of young and some opposition parties.

As the economy undergoes a harsh blow by agitation, the restoration of normalcy in each sector is absolutely necessary for his recovery.

Demonstrations have never stopped in this country after January 25 to February 11 events. People like to turn to protests to achieve what they want, whether it is realistic or not.

With the pressure of protests, the interim Government has been redesigned in early March. Editor-in-chiefs of national newspapers have been replaced by new faces. Figures associated with the Mubarak regime have been removed from their posts.

Since the fall of Mubarak, a number of figures top of the page, including former Ministers of the Interior, of tourism, information, finance, industry and trade, and housing, have been arrested or investigated over corruption charges.

Mubarak and his family were banished to travel abroad and their assets frozen on 28 February. On 5 April, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces decided to form a judicial Committee to investigate the assets of Mubarak and his family.

Charges against Mubarak included the repression of peaceful demonstrations and abuse of power. At least 384 people died and more than 6,000 people were injured in the 18 days of demonstrations.

Various reports on the richness of Mubarak and his family brought out during and after the protests. Allegations of corruption against Mubarak and his aides has been one of the main causes of the protests, in addition to price food rate and unemployment rate rising high in the country.

Mubarak defended himself and his family by denying the charges in a taped audio speech issued by pan-Arab Al - Arabiya TV on Sunday.

"I strongly pained concerning unfair campaigns and accusations without foundation targeting my reputation and history", he said, in her first statement public after his resignation and handed power to the army.

He said that it agreed to the request of the Attorney-General Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Egypt to inquire about its assets abroad by diplomatic means.

Mubarak denied that he used his power to accumulate wealth big.

"I kept silent for the past few weeks against all campaigns and misrepresentations aims at defaming my reputation and testing seriously affect me and the integrity of the members of my family up to what the Attorney General gets all the reports of countries abroad and reveal the truth" said Mubarak.

It added richness Alaa and Gamal was acquired by exploiting their influence or illegal guys through.

"I reserve my legal rights to those who tried to ruin me and my family reputation", he said.

It is obvious that the demonstrators will not stop their demonstrations unless they see real progress in the trials of senior officials of the former Government.

Therefore, these procedures will be implemented more effectively to calm the enthusiastic youth activists.

Mohamed El Gohary, President of the Egypt anti-corruption agency, said there was no delay in the questioning of Mubarak and other officials and that all the defendants will be summoned as early as the end of the questioning.

Egypt will hold parliamentary elections in September and November presidential polls. The army will transfer power to a civilian Government after the elections.

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