AQIM admit killing hostages France

... we can't guarantee their safety forever because military strikes you guys (France) against the Mujahideen base. "

Nouakchott (Reuters)-a group of Al Qaida in North Africa says AQIM, they've killed a hostage who was arrested in France in northern Mali two years ago, said Mauritania news agency ANI, Sunday.

AQIM said, prisoners and other inmates at risk of being killed because of France's intervention in European countries of Mali, said ANI, a Reuters report.

"All the other hostages are still alive," said AQIM in a communiqué that seemed intended for the citizens of France and quoted by ANI, who often receive the statements of AQIM.

"But we could not ensure the safety of their forever because of the military strikes you guys (France) against Mujahideen bases," added the Communique.

ANI reported earlier this week, a member of AQIM claimed that guerrillas on March 10, Philippe Verdon fell, who was arrested in northern Mali in November 2011.

France, which is working with the military of Mali, on January 11, launched operation when militants threaten advanced to the capital of Mali, Bamako, after months of doubt about the African intervention forces to help drive out hard-line groups from the northern region.

Mali, who had become one of stable democracies in Africa, experienced the uncertainty after the coup d ' état in March 2012 overthrow the Government of President Amadou Toumani Toure.

The international community is worried that country will become the new hotbed of terrorists and they support the efforts of Africa to intervene militarily.

The United Nations has approved the placement of the African intervention force consisting of about 3300 soldiers under the auspices of the ECOWAS grouping of West African States. With the involvement of Chad, which has pledged 2,000 soldiers, means the number of intervention forces that would be much greater.

Hard-line groups, which said the experts acting under the umbrella of Al Qaida in Islamic Morocco (AQIM), dominate the North, Mali to the extent greater than that of France, since April last year.

Tribal rebels in mid-January 2012 launched more war decades for the independence of the Tuareg in the northern region they claim as their land, reinforced by heavily armed guerrillas who recently returned from Libya. However, their struggle was then hijacked by hard-line muslim groups.

Disgruntled army coup in March meant to give the military more authority in order to quell a revolt in the North, but it in fact backfire and the rebels took control of three major cities in the North of Mali within three days. (M014)

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France sent additional soldiers into the 350-Central African Republic

Paris (Reuters)-France is sending 350 extra soldiers to the Central African Republic, whose capital, Bangui, have fallen into the hands of the rebels, said a senior official Sunday.

Delivery of the additional troops was meant to ensure the safety of citizens of France and other foreign people in the African country, reports AFP.

The first group of 200 soldiers arrived in Bangui on Saturday and another 150 people were sent Sunday from Libreville, capital of Gabon, the source said.

France now has nearly 600 soldiers in the Central African Republic, the country's former colonial power which is being hit by the war.

President Francois Hollande has stated that the France would not interfere in the internal affairs of the country.

France's military officers to act as advisers to the Central African Republic military, and Paris in the past help support or overthrow the Governments in those countries.

However, France, which has a Defense Pact with the Central African Republic since 1960, the more reluctant was directly involved in the conflicts in the former countries colonize it.

Sunday, the rebels controlled Bangui Francois Bozize and President reportedly fled the capital of the Central African Republic.

Central African Republic rebels started fighting again after the deadline given to the Government to meet their demands in accordance with the peace agreement comes to an end.

Seleka said rebels would not withdraw the troops unless the Government frees political prisoners and prisoners-South Africa forces leave the country.

Seleka, which means "the Alliance", signed a peace pact on 11 January with the Government of President Francois Bozize in the Gabonese capital, Libreville.

The agreement, brokered by regional leaders that set a new Government of national unity, which has been formed and is now led by an opposition member, Nicolas Tiangaye, and includes members of the Seleka.

The agreement puts an end to a month-long offensive Seleka quickly mastered the northern territories and stop among others thanks to the military intervention in Chad before the rebels overran the capital, Bangui, Central African Republic.

Seleka, an Alliance of the three armed groups, started their armed action on December 10, and has mastered a number of important cities in Central African Republic. They accuse President Francois Bozize was not respecting an agreement that stipulates that the 2007 members who lay down their arms will be paid. (M014)

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A woman wearing a scarf with the colors of the flag of Syria's opposition in one of the areas that were destroyed as a result of the conflict in Deir al-Zor, Syria, Sunday (3/3). (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)

Damascus (Reuters)-Syria's Government denounced the United Kingdom and France for new talks aimed at arming the guerrillas and called it a violation of the principles of international law are real.

Russia also warned that such measures give rise to concerns about a fanatical guerrilla group.

Syria's official Media said the United Kingdom and France's maneuver "blatant involvement framework has entered European countries, Turkey and the Gulf in a crisis with Syria openly talking about sending money and weapons to terror groups that did the kidnapping and murder as well as targeted infrastructure of Syria".

Syria's statement was issued as France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Paris and London are arming the opposition even rejects Syria Eu approved it.

The issue has raised fears of weapons and doubt from an advocate of human rights and other international countries such as Russia, according to Xinhua.

6 last March the Arab League invited the opposition to Syria Syria fill the seat in the Arab League and gave the green light to its member countries to supply arms to the opposition to Syria.

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Former ETA leader France law of 20 years in prison

Paris (Reuters)-a former military leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, known as "Txeroki" or "Cherokee" was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a court in France, on Wednesday, on charges of kidnapping and bomb-making.

Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, Miguel de was arrested in 2008 in the area of the Pyrenees mountains near the border with Spain and linked to the abduction of Spayol couples and a child in that area in the previous year, Reuters reports.

At the time, he was the most sought-after people in Spain for his role in the 2006 bomb attacks against Madrid airport that killed two people.

The Court declared the defendants guilty of France has about 500 kilograms of explosives as well as kidnapping the couple and their son were Spain, who was four years old.

Nine other defendants in the trial were sentenced to between eight and 20 years in prison.

Last month, the former leader of ETA's military expressed "regret" over the fall victim in the violence of the guerrilla group when they tried to set up an independent State in the territories of France and Spain.

Convey remorse that Txeroki as he appeared with nine other members of ETA suspects in courts of Paris.

A court in Spain 2011 convicting in absentia sentence of 375 years in prison Txeroki as 20 assassination attempt.

ETA, listed as a terrorist organization by the u.s. and the European Union, accused of being responsible for the deaths of more than 800 people over four decades of armed struggle to establish an independent State in the Basque region of Northern Spain and southern France.

On October 20, the armed separatist group, declares "permanent cessation of activity is right" after bomb attacks and shootings for more than 40 years.

The Declaration of the end of the separatist groups it highlights great lengths last in Western Europe who was accused of being responsible for the death of hundreds of people.

Madrid refused to conduct a dialogue with the group, and stressed that they must disperse themselves unilaterally without strings attached.

Spain and France are working closely to quell ETA, responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people in their 42 years of guerrilla war to establish an independent State in the Basque areas of Northern Spain and southwestern France.

ETA, which some time ago commemorating half a century of their birth, was formed on July 31, 1959 by a group of left-wing nationalist students opposed to the right-wing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, which suppressed the Basque language.

Security forces estimate that the separatist group was weakened as a result of the arrest of the leaders of their high and has long been relatively inactive. (M014)

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France: Paris talks centered on security of Libya

Laurent Fabius (INTERMEDIATE/REUTERS)

Despite the goodwill and talent of its leaders, there is not enough security in Libya. "

Paris (Reuters)-France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Sunday said talks with Libya antarpejabat high Western diplomats in Paris this week will be centered on security issues following the overthrow of Moamar Gaddafi.

"Despite the goodwill and talent of its leaders, there is not enough security in Libya," Fabius said on BFM Television ahead of the talks on Tuesday, reported AFP.

"Meeting on Tuesday aiming to help them control their borders, to give them support in order to prevent the arms moving in all directions," he said.

Fabius will join in the talks along with the Abkhaz from Libya, Mohamed Abdulaziz, the Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom, Italy, Denmark, Turkey and Malta as well as high officials from Libya.

Senior diplomats from other countries will also take part. The Conference will be followed by the visit of the Prime Minister of Libya Ali Zeidan to Paris, Wednesday, to meet with President Francois Hollande.

Efforts to revive the economy will also be discussed, Libya when Libya some Ministers met on Monday evening with the head of France's business.

Diplomatic sources said the talks were a result of serious concerns over the security of Libya, including a flood of weapons from storage places Gaddafi across the region since the collapse of the regime's leaders.

"The bad news is that there is a real security risk in Libya, the good news is that Libya is not in denial. They want us to offer solutions on them, "said one diplomatic source.

The guerrillas who ruled Mali last year was one of a number of parties are believed to benefit from looting the Armory Gaddafi. (G003/B002)

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France cover graduate school killings of opposition figures

Mourners carry the coffin the opposition leader was killed when the funeral ceremony Chokri Belaid towards the cemetery of El-Jellaz, Jebel Jelloud, district of Tunis, Friday (8/2). Tens of thousands of mourners calling for anti-Islamist slogans during the funeral ceremony, killing Belaid make Tunisia sank into deeper political crisis.(REUTERS/Anis Mili)

The death sparked massive demonstrations Belaid

Paris (Reuters)-France, Paris time, on Thursday ordered the closure of the country's 10 schools across Tunisia and called for its members to be more vigilant after Chokri Belaid, a major opposition figure were killed Wednesday.

In a written statement on the official website of the Embassy of France in Tunisia, said that France's school in the country will not move or close on the Friday and Saturday following an upsurge in violence concerns after the murder occurred extremely compact opposed-Belaid.

France Foreign Ministry also give recommendations to its members and awareness away from any demonstrations action especially in places that are prone to conflict and sensitive.

Chokri Belaid, Patriot of the Democratic Party Secretary General, was shot in the head and neck while he was outside his home.

The killing was the first major murder incident happened in Tunisia since former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed in early 2011.

The death sparked massive demonstrations Belaid across the country in North Africa.
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