In the Afghan province of Helmand killed a leader of the Taliban "

NATO troops killed one of the major warlords Taliban, said Sunday in command of the North Atlantic Alliance. Mullah Assad, who is regarded as one of the senior leaders of Taliban fighters in southern Afghan province of Helmand, was killed in a special operation held on 19 November 2008.

Other details of the operation, as well as the reasons for the delay reports of the death of field commander, NATO command has not led to convey Associated Press.

At the same time, command the alliance pledged to intensify the fight against militants. Troops ordered to take action to neutralize militant Taliban during the winter period.

While NATO soldiers are fighting with the militants, Afghan authorities are trying to negotiate with the Taliban, hoping to stop the violence in the country by diplomatic means. In September 2008, members of the Taliban under the mediation of Saudi Arabia held the first in several years, meeting with representatives of the authorities of Pakistan and Afghanistan, but it has not yielded visible results.

However, Afghan authorities do not intend to abandon this idea: In November, President Hamid Karzai has even said that it is ready to provide security assurances to the leader of the radical Taliban, Mullah Omar, if he agrees to begin peace talks with Kabul. In doing so, Karzai announced that ready to make this move at the cost of their own political situation.

Earlier, representatives of the Taliban stated that the main condition for starting the negotiating process is the withdrawal from Afghanistan of foreign troops in the country since 2001.

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Barack Obama may declare Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State during the week

Elected U.S. President Barack Obama is going to announce that Hillary Clinton will take the post of Secretary of State, in the coming weeks, if you do so not prevent unforeseen circumstances. This agency AP reported Representative transition team Obama. According to the source, on the nomination of Hillary Clinton will be announced the day after Thanksgiving, which the U.S. note November 27.

- Obama announced the appointment of new key staff his administration

As it became known that negotiations on this subject are progressing very well. As the representative of Obama, who was elected president, and Clinton held a meeting at which discussed the issue, were also resolved problems concerning the financial activities of former U.S. President Bill Clinton - Hillary Clinton, her husband news agency.

The ex-president manages charitable foundation, which operates more than 20 countries. As previously reported, the Obama team to thoroughly investigate the financial operations, Bill Clinton and his admission of donations abroad, to identify any negative information that could jeopardize the appointment of Hillary for a position.

In particular, studied the list of donors the World Wide Fund for Bill Clinton - Obama feared that it could be a person whose policy is contrary to the objectives of the administration. Earlier reports show that among the donors fund, in particular, family members of the King of Saudi Arabia, the King of Morocco, the Government of Kuwait and Qatar.

According to some reports, the fund brought money businessmen associated with the authorities of Kazakhstan and China, which Hillary Clinton in her campaign criticized for violating human rights.

Over the past eight years Bill Clinton has assembled for its collection of about 500 million dollars. Most of these funds went to build a presidential library, as money has been spent to fight AIDS in Africa and other charitable projects.

Recall that Hillary Clinton was the main rival Barack Obama in the fight for the nomination of presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, but after the fight had ceded to him. Currently, she is a senator from New York state.

If the appointment of the Secretary of State held, Hillary Clinton would abandon the site, which she held for eight years. According to experts, the former first lady every chance to become Secretary of State. As a senator, she is engaged in international affairs and defense.

Representatives of Clinton so far refused to comment on reports from the environment Obama. Officially, Hillary Clinton has not yet been confirmed, nor denied information about his possible appointment.

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Yushchenko has postponed the election of parliament for a week because of the financial crisis

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine resumed its plenary meeting on 21 October. By presidential decree the parliament would work "several days".

Ukrainian President Yushchenko announced he postponed parliamentary elections in the country for a week, from 7 to 14 December. His move, he explained to the world economic crisis.

Rada Speaker Arseny Yatsenyuk recalled that MPs should accept a package of anti-crisis laws and amend the state budget to finance early parliamentary elections, postponed for 14 December.

The work of parliament began with speeches of deputies from political statements to the anger of the day.

Communist faction leader Petro Symonenko proposed the creation of a " coalition, to amend the constitution and abolish the presidency."

The head of the faction bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko Ivan Kirilenko proposed to "establish a moratorium on any early elections, or hold them through the year, together with the presidential.

During the break for consultations between factions of Parliament on issues to be addressed at the plenary session, about 30 Parliament blocked the rostrum and presidium of Verkhovna Rada.

As the Interfax, the deputies barricaded chairs both the entrance to the podium, and spread in the bed of government and the presidential bed.

The new presidential decree on the suspension of the decree on October 9 for early termination of the powers of parliament and appoint a special parliamentary election published today in the Presidential Gazette.

"With a view to the commission of urgent measures aimed at minimizing the negative impact of the global financial crisis on the economy of the Ukrainian president decided to" terminate the Presidential Decree of October 9th, 2008 N911 "Early suspend the powers Verkhovna Rada VI convocation and the appointment of early elections", -- Presidential press-service of the president.

Newspapers Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet's "Voice of Ukraine" and "Official Courier" Yushchenko's new decree dated October 20, did not publish.

Yushchenko against the re-establishment of "orange coalition"

Viktor Yushchenko once again critically praised the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, which in his view, as head of government hampered the preparations for the elections. "The decree on early elections are not met neither the Government nor the prime minister" - said Yushchenko.

On Monday 20 October, Yushchenko said that it was inappropriate to Tymoshenko's proposal to re-establish the Orange coalition of the block in its name and pro-presidential parties, Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense.

Tymoshenko in a televised address on 19 October stated that it would not allow the holding of early parliamentary elections, initiated by the president. She also urged political forces to create a new coalition - and on its basis and the new government - to protect the country from the global financial crisis.

Sociological studies have shown that the idea is already third in the last three years parliamentary elections do not enjoy popularity among citizens of Ukraine, said the Air Force.

At the same time, the opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych said in Donetsk Television and Radio "The first municipal channel" that can only unite with those forces that have "one ideological base and a coalition of his party with the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc would be" . "

"Early elections in Ukraine's parliament must hold because of financial and economic situation in the country in the eyes takes on catastrophic proportions", - said Yanukovych.

In spring last year, Yushchenko dissolved the previous composition of the Verkhovna Rada accusing him of violating the constitution. A few months after the country was in a state of the hard political confrontation, accompanied by paralysis of many institutions.

In 2010, Ukraine expected next presidential election, key players on which experts called Tymoshenko and Yanukovich. Yushchenko's chances for re-president still considered low.

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Scandal in the U.S.: journalist accuses the leadership of the country in the surveillance of Iraq's prime minister

U.S. monitored Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and members of his government. And it happened even when they have close relationships with the administration of President George W. Bush. As the AFP, such theses are contained in the book, which was presented to the United States.

The book is called "Internal war: the secret history of the White House in the years 2006-2008". She wrote journalist Bob Woodward, known for his investigations. In the book he tells about the activities of the administration of George Bush.

In addition to the various stories about how major decisions are taken in the U.S. administration, the book contains information that could lead to loud scandals between Baghdad and Washington: Woodward alleges that members of the Cabinet of Iraq, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was conducted surveillance.

"We know everything he said," - leads Woodward in his book, the words of one senior American official, whose name he does not name.

The White House has already rushed from accusations made by the book. "I am not going to comment on allegations made by Woodward in his book," - said press secretary Dana Perino White House.

The Iraqi authorities, in contrast, are interested in a book published information. Baghdad "will raise the issue at talks with the American side and we will demand explanations" - noted in its communiqu official representative Iraqi government, Ali Al-Dabbaga, which cites .

"If this is true, it casts a shadow over future relations" - statement said.

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Several NGOs denounced the expulsion of an Algerian terrorist acquitted by

Several NGOs, who work with immigrants in Pamplona have denounced the "violation of human rights" that suffers an Algerian citizen who, after being accused of belonging to an terrorist group, was acquitted in court, but has received a deportation order.

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Madjid Sahouane, a neighbor of Pamplona who was accused in the so-called "Operation Nova" against Islamist terrorism, condemned by the Audiencia Nacional for belonging to a terrorist group and recently acquitted by the Supreme Court, after spending four years in jail on remand.

However, as explained SOS-Racism, Sahouane was arrested again a week later of his acquittal on October 7, this time by being open record of expulsion. Well, "despite being all documentation in order and having been acquitted of all charges," he has used an article of the Aliens Act as guilty of "involvement in activities contrary to the external security of the state or that can hurt Spain's relations with other countries, or be involved in activities contrary to public policy envisaged as very serious, "he explains.

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'safety hazard'

At this time, the complainants contend that this person is detained while awaiting his impending expulsion as "unfairly after having served more than half of the sentence imposed for an offense he has been acquitted, he believes a security risk, remains detained and will be expelled despite not having committed any crime or offense and have all the papers in order. "

Therefore, these groups (including the Platform Papers and Denontzat Rights, SOS Racism Nafarroa or Amnesty International) presents its "resounding rejection of the status of persecution suffered by the Muslim group in Spain", especially after the attacks of 11 S-and M-11, is "stigmatized and perceived as the culprit on the part of political, judicial, police and media."

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