Recent developments in the Arab world turmoil (AP)

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Syria

Syrian troops and heavy armour encircle a rebellious northern city, and hundreds of people are fleeing through a single escape route and cross-border lush Turkish, strongly escalating the upheaval which threaten Syria's authoritarian regime. The town of Jisr al-Shughour timber as its bebøre cross the olive groves and travel gravel roads, trying to get away from tanks and elite forces around them, Turkish foreign minister says more than 2400 Syrians crossed the border, which is opened for the refugees.

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Yemen

The Yemeni Government troops trying to recapture areas held by Islamic militants kill 12 suspected al Qæda members in the troubled southern province of Abyan where the militants take advantage of a breakdown of the authority as a result of the Government's battle with armed tribesmen attempts to overthrow the autocratic leader of more than three decades. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has clung to power in the entire months of protests against his regime, had surgery to remove the shard of wood placed in the chest, when one of the rockets splinter a pulpit in a mosque where the President and top aides praying. Salehs condition stabilises enough to move him out of intensive care on the Saudi Arabian military hospital, where he is being treated.

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Libya

NATO's air attacks rattle Libyan capital suggests a return to the heavy NATO bombardment, which hit military installations and flattened major buildings in leader Moammar Gadhafi sprawling compound in the heart of the city. United States's Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that she is aware of the "numerous and continues" overtures by people close to Gadhafi to negotiate his departure from power.

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Egypt

The last 19 victims among hundreds killed during the uprising, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak overturned is buried in Cairo, hailed as martyrs who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Their bodies in morgues lingered months Cairo's, never identified or claimed, until the authorities gave the go ahead to a municipal funeral. 846 Egyptians everything was killed during the mass street demonstrations when Mubarak feared police cracked on the demonstrators, firing many in the head and chest with live ammunition.

 

Recent developments in the Arab world turmoil (AP)

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Libya

NATO says it is ramping up its air attacks on military targets in western Libya, where rebel forces have claimed a string of advances through territory still largely under Moammar Gadhafi control. In the meantime, the African Union has called on Member States to disregard a warrant for Gadhafis arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against the Libyan leader. This could enable Gadhafi travel freely on the continent.

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Yemen

About 50 Yemeni soldiers missing after violent clashes with the group al-Qaida-linked Ansar al-Sharia in the southern city of Zinjibar, said a military official. Government forces do not appear to have the will to fight the militants, raising fears that al-Qaida makes significant gains. Text wrapping feature further calls to its expelled remains President Ali Abdullah Saleh bedridden in Saudi Arabia, according to a Yemeni official.

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Bahrain

Riot police in Bahrain have fired tear gas at anti-government protesters who oppose reconciliation talks between the Gulf Kingdom Sunni rulers and the Shiite-led opposition. Bahrain's main Shiite party, Al Wefaq, participating in the Government-led talks in the capital, Manama. Around 300 delegates from various political parties and Government-linked groups participate in the meetings.

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Syria

Syrian President Bashar Assad has sacked the Governor of the Central central city of Hama in apparently political payback after hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the largest demonstration yet against Assad's regime. Activists say the Governor was believed to be leaning toward the protesters, after he allegedly urged security forces to avoid another bloodbath. In the last month killed at least 65 people in Hama last month.

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Recent developments in the Arab world turmoil (AP)

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Syria

Syrian troops and heavy armour encircle a rebellious northern city, and hundreds of people are fleeing through a single escape route and cross-border lush Turkish, strongly escalating the upheaval which threaten Syria's authoritarian regime. The town of Jisr al-Shughour timber as its bebøre cross the olive groves and travel gravel roads, trying to get away from tanks and elite forces around them, Turkish foreign minister says more than 2400 Syrians crossed the border, which is opened for the refugees.

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Yemen

The Yemeni Government troops trying to recapture areas held by Islamic militants kill 12 suspected al Qæda members in the troubled southern province of Abyan where the militants take advantage of a breakdown of the authority as a result of the Government's battle with armed tribesmen attempts to overthrow the autocratic leader of more than three decades. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has clung to power in the entire months of protests against his regime, had surgery to remove the shard of wood placed in the chest, when one of the rockets splinter a pulpit in a mosque where the President and top aides praying. Salehs condition stabilises enough to move him out of intensive care on the Saudi Arabian military hospital, where he is being treated.

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Libya

NATO's air attacks rattle Libyan capital suggests a return to the heavy NATO bombardment, which hit military installations and flattened major buildings in leader Moammar Gadhafi sprawling compound in the heart of the city. United States's Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that she is aware of the "numerous and continues" overtures by people close to Gadhafi to negotiate his departure from power.

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Egypt

The last 19 victims among hundreds killed during the uprising, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak overturned is buried in Cairo, hailed as martyrs who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Their bodies in morgues lingered months Cairo's, never identified or claimed, until the authorities gave the go ahead to a municipal funeral. 846 Egyptians everything was killed during the mass street demonstrations when Mubarak feared police cracked on the demonstrators, firing many in the head and chest with live ammunition.

 

Recent developments in the Arab world turmoil (AP)

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Libya

France says that it has sent military officers work with Libyan rebels on Earth and vows to step up its share of the NATO-led air attack on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi forces. Italy and United Kingdom have said they also sends military officers. United States, meanwhile, says it plans to provide the Libyan opposition $ 25 million in non-lethal assistance — first direct United States support for the rebels — after weeks to assess their capabilities and intentions.

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Syria

Thousands of students stage demonstrations in the city of Daraa against Syria's authoritarian regime, brushing from President Bashar Assad sweeping statements of reform. Dozens of students also protest at Aleppo University in the country's northern part. human rights activists say Syrian authorities have arrested an opposition figure, Mahmoud Issa, his home during a night raid, hours after the Government announced an end to emergency rule.

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Yemen

Gunmen on motorcycles speed by and open fire on hundreds of demonstrators camped in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, killed a protester and wounded several others. In the southern port city of Aden a policeman is killed and four others wounded after clash with gunmen believed to be associated with the southern dissidents, as hundreds of demonstrators blocked highways with rocks and burning tyres.

 

US urges restraint in Bahrain tekstombrydningsfunktionen Middle East turmoil (AP)

WASHINGTON — the Obama administration expressed alarm over a violent punishment on government demonstrators in Central U.S. ally Bahrain on Thursday as a wave of political upheaval moved across the Middle East.

U.S. chiefs by the Pentagon and State Department known as their counterparts in Bahrain, his home to U.S. Navys 5th fleet and an anchor in U.S. defense strategy in the Middle East.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Bahrain Foreign Minister to track Washington's "deep concern" about overnight developments in which the army patrols and tanks locked in the capital of small Gulf Kingdom after riot police fired tear gas and beat demonstrators demanding political reforms. At least four people were killed.

Clinton spoke with the Minister for Foreign Affairs about how to respond to the demands of the protesters, Foreign Ministry said.

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke by telephone Thursday morning with Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain, Deputy Head of the Bahrain Defence, said Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell.

Morrell gave no information on what Gates said, except that he "discussed the current security situation" with the Prince.

Navy officials in the Pentagon 5th fleet headquarters in Bahrain have said they shall monitor developments in Bahrain to sailors and civilian staff and family members who have been informed to avoid protest sites. Officials have not reported any impact on their operations from the turmoil.

5Th fleet operating at least one aircraft carrier in the region Persian Gulf, at all times, together with a "amfibie ready group" of ships with Marines on board. Their presence is central to a long-standing U.S. commitment to ensure a free flow of oil through the Gulf, while keeping an eye on a hostile Iran and seek to deter piracy in the region.

Elsewhere in the Middle East, thousands of Yemeni protesters defied appeal to calm from the military and the country's most influential Islamic cleric and marched through the capital city on Thursday. Libyan protesters seeking to oust his leader Moammar Gadhafi defied a punishment and took to the streets in four cities.