Four NATO soldiers killed in an attack in eastern Afghanistan

Kabul. .- Four soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) were killed Saturday by a bomb explosion in eastern Central Asian country, according to the international coalition without giving further details. At least 220 foreign soldiers have died in Afghanistan in 2011.

Of these, 57 were killed in May, the month of the year with the highest number of fatalities among the ranks of the coalition.

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At least 53 civilians were killed Friday in a new crackdown in Syria

At least 53 civilians were shot dead by security forces in Syria, of which 48 died in the city of Hama, where demonstrations yesterday lived thousands of people against the Assad regime, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights . While other sources put the fatalities in more than 60 or even increase the total to more than 80 people killed by gunfire from security forces Asad regime.

Taiwan President calls for release of Liu Xiaobo and Ai Weiwei

Taipei. .- The Taiwanese president, Ma Ying-jeou called on China today, in the 22 anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen, to release the Nobel Peace Prize Liu Xiaobo, the artist Ai Weiwei and other dissidents as part of a commitment to country's political reform. The early release of Liu Xiaobo, who is serving a sentence of 11 years, and Ai Weiwei, who disappeared after his arrest on April 3, would help improve China's international image and "reduce the psychological distance" with Taiwan, Ma said "The first step towards political reform is to treat dissenters with leniency and appreciate their social contribution," he said in a statement.

24 dead after attacks on a mosque and a hospital in Tikrit

At least 24 people have died and 75 were injured following a series of bomb attacks on Friday against a mosque and a hospital in Tikrit, former stronghold of Saddam Hussein located 160 km north of Baghdad, hospital officials said. A bomb hidden in a can of petrol exploded shortly after the end of Friday prayers at the entrance of a mosque in the center before a suicide activate her explosives belt in the early afternoon at a hospital who had been transferred numerous injuries.

CANADA - Bixi back in the saddle

The City Council of the City of Montreal has agreed May 17 to come to the rescue Society Bike service (SVLS), which offers Bixi. The city will invest 108 million Canadian dollars (about 78 million euros) to participate in the development of this company based in the capital of the province of Quebec.

"This will enable the company to continue to develop its activities in the city, but across the country and abroad," the Gazette. SVLS, which has been awarded contracts include installation of a bike in Boston and London, is in the running to win a contract in New York. But she needed financial assistance in order to achieve growth.

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U.S. kills a possible successor to bin Laden in Pakistan

London. .- The Ilyas Kashmiri militant leader, one of the possible candidates to succeed the late Osama bin Laden in front of the international terrorist network Al Qaeda, died this last night during the attack by an unmanned U.S. in the region South Waziristan, according to local reports collected by the BBC.

Kashmiri, leader of the Islamic Struggle Movement - Harkat ul Jihad al Islami HuJI - and alleged mastermind of attacks like the Marriott hotel attack in Islamabad in 2008, which killed 54 people, would be among the nine died during the air assault made last night on the town of Laman, as such information has not been confirmed by official sources.

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Fukushima recorded the highest level of radioactivity detected so far

TEPCO, which operates the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, radiation has been detected up to 4,000 millisievert per hour in the reactor building 1, which would be the highest level so far confirmed the air of the plant, Kyodo news agency reported today. The measurement was made yesterday, Friday, through a robot sent into the reactor unit 1, detailing sources of Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO).