Two other teachers try to catch fire in Algiers

Algiers .- Two temporary teachers have attempted suicide on fire outside the offices of the Algerian presidency, where the collective protest for 8 days to ask for them to secure their jobs, reported the daily El Khabar. The two teachers were sprayed petrol on Sunday with the intention of burning to bonzo, but his colleagues were able to stop it.

The teachers, coming from different parts of the country, met on Monday the eighth day of rally outside the presidential palace, where they spend the night under difficult weather conditions. The president of the group, Myriam Maarouf, assured reporters that the camp will not lift until they achieve full compliance with their demands.

The rebels say they have taken Sirte, Gaddafi and door city of Tripoli

A rebel spokesman has said that Sirte, the hometown of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is now fully controlled by insurgents. According to his testimony, they found very little resistance from troops loyal to Qadhafi. The news of the fall of Sirte was held in Benghazi, the epicenter of the revolt and 'capital' of the rebels.

For now, there has been no independent confirmation of this fact and some of the few correspondents who are in the city say the enclave remains in the hands of Gadhafi. Gadafistas forces fighting the rebels in the town of Naufaliya, about 147 kilometers southeast of Sirte, according to the Qatari Al-Jazeera network.

ROMANIA - A good lesson for Sarkozy

In Brussels, March 11, Romanian President stood up to his French counterpart, and refused to recognize the Transitional National Council of Libya. The daily Adevarul rejoiced.

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• Sarkozy's Party Gets Trounced By Socialists And Far-Rightists In Regional Elections (28/03/2011)
• Nicolas Sarkozy defeated in local elections (28/03/2011)
• You: Sarkozy's trouncing in local election seen as 'warning' (28/03/2011)

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The Army puts Mubarak and his family under house arrest

Madrid .- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family have been placed under house arrest, as reported by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which ruled the country since the President submitted his resignation on 11 February after weeks of demonstrations mass against him. With his statement, which echoes Ahram newspaper in its online edition, the Army aims to end the rumors suggesting that the president and his family had moved to Saudi Arabia.

Nuclear Agency of Japan requested TEPCO to review their measurement systems

Nuclear Security Agency of Japan has asked the company operating the plant in Fukushima, TEPCO, to revise its system of measurement error after Sunday, when it reported a level of radioactivity in the plant to 10 million times to normal was actually 100,000, NHK reported. According to the Japanese network NHK TV, operators still working at the plant on Monday will try to drain polluted water from the reactor 1 while fears that delayed efforts to cool the units 2 and 3 due to high levels of radioactivity detected.

Libya - Benghazi applauds UN resolution

Shortly before midnight, the streets of Benghazi, the capital of rebel fact, were quiet, almost deserted. A few minutes after midnight, a sign of rejoicing, firing of tracer bullets and machine gun fire streaked the sky, and residents piled into their cars to celebrate the event. In the meantime, the Security Council of the United Nations had voted by 10 votes to 0 against imposing a no-fly zone over eastern Libya and authorizing "all measures", apart from an occupation, such as to protect civilians against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the dictator who runs Libya for nearly 42 years.

Syrian police opened fire on protesters in Deraa

Deraa. .- The Syrian security forces opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators in the town of Dera while protesting against the emergency law, as reported by witnesses told Reuters. The Minister of Syrian Presidency Press, Bouthaina Shaaban, said yesterday in a statement to the Qatari Al-Jazeera to lift the emergency law in force since 1963, but never specified deadlines.

When asked about the possible lifting of the state of emergency, which the president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad had speculated, the presidential adviser said "of course." However, Shaaban would not give deadlines for action.

• "Syria Update: Clashes in Deraa and Latakia, Pledges for Reform" and related posts (28/03/2011)
• Footage emerges of protests in Deraa, Syria - BBC News (27/03/2011)
• Thousands of Syrians chant "freedom" at Deraa mosque (24/03/2011)
• Syrian forces fire tear gas, disperse Deraa protest (26/03/2011)
• Syrian forces open fire at protesters in Deraa (23/03/2011)

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