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Sudan confirms the military takeover of Abyei

Khartoum. .- The Sudanese government on Sunday confirmed the decision of the Abyei region, on the border between southern Sudan, undergoing a process of secession, and the rest of the country. The cease-fire of war between north and south provides for the demilitarization of Abyei. "The Sudanese armed forces are controlled Abyei and clearing it of illegal forces," stated the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Amin Hassan Omar, told the media from Khartoum.

Ali Abdullah Saleh says he is prepared for a civil war

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh says he is prepared for "civil war" if the opposition insists he leaves office. "If you give in and want to drag the country into civil war, will assume responsibility," said Saleh before warning that they will be "responsible for the blood will flow" if "persist in their stupidity." Saleh has refused to sign the agreement for a peaceful transfer of power proposed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

BASKETBALL - The African Nations Championship rebounds in Madagascar

Originally scheduled this summer in Côte d'Ivoire, the 26th edition of Afrobasket male, African championship basketball will finally be in Madagascar Welcomes L'Express de Madagascar. Small nation of basketball in Africa, Madagascar inherits the first organization of this prestigious tournament to be held from August 17 to 28.

"On the other candidate countries (Tunisia, Egypt) live a little complicated sociopolitical situations, while Angola was proposed to organize in December. We believe that Madagascar was the candidate most stable," said Mr. Bile, Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Africa.

Saudi woman arrested for a video on driving a car

Cairo / Riyadh. - Saudi authorities arrested this weekend a woman who had posted an Internet video in which she was seen driving a car, something forbidden to women in strict Islamic state. Manal al-Sherif activist is in jail for the images that showed the wheel of a vehicle in the city of Chobe in the east.

Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world we are not allowed women to drive. The Arabic Network for Human Rights in Cairo today described the incident as a "clear sign of the horrific treatment of human rights in Saudi Arabia." Al Shefif and other youth launched a civil disobedience campaign across the social network Facebook.

A Jordanian kills his sister for 17 years to wash the family's honor

A Jordanian was convicted of the murder of his sister of 17 years to "wash the family honor." According to judicial sources, the reason was their constant output of home. Young, 20, has been accused of committing a "premeditated crime." "Strangled his sister in Zarka (village 23 kilometers from Amman)" to "bad mood" and "absentee often the family home." "The buried in the garden," says the indictment.

Obama believes that any attempt to recognize a Palestinian state before the UN will be "unrealistic and symbolic"

London. The U.S. president, Barack Obama, has opined that the Palestinian attempts to gain UN recognition of an independent state are so "unrealistic" and "symbolic" because, in his view, this initiative completely ignores Israel's position , a country considered as an essential to achieve a peace agreement in the Middle East, explained on Sunday in an exclusive interview to the BBC.

The Palestinians seek to obtain recognition of their state as a member of the UN next September as the stagnant peace talks with Israel. Just yesterday, the member of the Central Committee of Fatah, Nabil Saath, encouraged Obama to join other countries that have already expressed their support for the formation of a Palestinian state comprising the West Bank and East Jerusalem, occupied by Israel.