Protesters mistrust to terminate deal for Yemen leader

Mr Saleh offer, its Arab neighbors was put down, his opposition has accentuated the subunits. The opposition coalition, known as the J.M.P., said Sunday it welcomed the initiative, but only, if a Government of national unity after was founded in Mr Saleh, not immediately required as of the current proposal together with the Gulf Cooperation Council joined. The coalition parties want to be part of a Government with Mr Saleh.

The protesters are a harder line take and say that the J.M.P. is are affiliated with the requirements of the so-called "independent" youth non-permanent political parties. Leaders of some who said tens of thousands of street demonstrators - originally young people but now Yemenis from all segments of society, who have set up permanent protests camps in cities across the country - they suspected that Mr Saleh could wiggle of the business at a later date, and try to expand his 33-year rule.

Many said that by the youth protests in Tunisia and Egypt, the autocrat in these countries out relatively quickly and without conditions forced were inspired. They said they wanted a similar result here.

Some demonstrators of the outright rejected the offer. Others, as Atiaf Alwazir, a youth organizer in Sana'a, said that her, were at best mixed feelings. "It's just another game," she said. "Let do the J.M.P., to be politically what they do to negotiate, and the youth will do, what to do and remain on the road."

Mrs Alwazir, said the idea of immunity for Mr Saleh and his sons had shared many.

Protesters have repeatedly their rejection of the offer of immunity of the President, expressed, although on Sunday, there was some chatter about social-networking sites for a more pragmatic approach argue, when ushering Mr Saleh meant it to stop.

Typical for his political cunning and a movement set the feeling that Mr Saleh was adoption of the Gulf Cooperation Council proposal other demonstrators that seem to make opposition in a negative light, as if it were a work to stop the country from falling into chaos.

"This initiative is because of the regime," said Tawfiq al-Shaoubi, a protest leader in the city of Taiz, home of Yemen's largest demonstration. "We protest keep is," he said. "This regime must go, so we can a build a new modern society in the Yemen."

In Sana, protesters who camped out for weeks have seemed to not have the intention of moving and continue with their demonstrations on Sunday, singing, "No negotiation, no dialogue - withdraw or flee," according to Reuters.

In an interview with BBC Arabic, Mr Saleh said television on Sunday, that he would not hand over power, what he called "Insurgents."

"Who should I pass it?" he told the BBC. "Those who try to make a coup d ' état?" No We do it by polls and referendums. We are invite to monitor international observers. "All coup is rejected, because we are committed to the constitutional legitimacy and accept no chaos."

Mr Saleh also said that Al-Qaeda, which is known to have a presence in the country, had infiltrated protest camps. "Al Qaeda move in the camps, and this is very dangerous," he said. "Why is not on in the West this destructive work and their dangerous consequences for the future of search?"

Added its call, the ballot box to use the suspicion among his opponents. "The G.C.C. announced that he required himself, says after 30 days to leave, and he, that he is leaving only through the ballot box", said Ms. Alwazir, the youth leader. "There is no trust," she said. "First of all, as he is himself now contradict."

An independent Yemeni diplomat, who wanted to not be identified, said, that Mr Saleh seemed confused and reluctant to step aside, but he had his own learned from the experience of the Egypt and knew that he should take advantage of this offer of immunity.

He said that some in the opposition increase Yemen's delicate condition, with violence in remote provinces, and the economy ground to a halt, they were understood, ready why something compromising.

"Some leaders J.M.P. understand, the current status of the Yemeni scene", said the diplomat. "they recognize that Yemen faced on the edge of total collapse and possibly civil war." But others, saying, especially Islamists from the Islah party, to keep pressure, until she gives take signaling a split not only between demonstrators and the formal political parties, but also within the Coalition itself.

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Iranian leader makes claims about President

Tehran - Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Saturday that he remained in political affairs of the country to intervene if interests "were neglected the nation' still a rare public diffraction of his power days after a disagreement with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the free flared, ready.

In a speech to supporters in the province of Fars, which was live on State television, he praised Mr Ahmadinejad's administration. But he said that country's religious leadership would remain the highest authority. While the leadership is alive, it will never allow deviation, in the movement of the Iranian nation on its objectives, "he said."

The statement came about after a week of public tension between the President and Mr Chamenei which was considered by Mr. Ahmadinejad as an effort to extend control over the politically sensitive intelligence Ministry.

On Wednesday, Mr. Khamenei, the resignation is refused by the Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi, a hard-line cleric, to announce his support for Mr Moslehi by semi-official news agency accept. The Minister had reported IRNA, Iran's State News Agency, resignation last Sunday.

Domestic news reportedly approved the Parliament of Iran on Wednesday Mr Moslehi as Minister, the Supreme Leader's authority effectively support.

There was speculation that Mr Moslehi after efforts were made to his dismissal, a senior intelligence officials supported block withdrawal of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, Mr. Ahmadinejad's former Chief of staff. Mr. Rahim-Mashaei is known that the President have a significant influence but is unpopular among the old law.

Mr. Khamenei public statement claimed his authority was rare for a leader who has - long projected the image of an impartial referee a picture he seemed during the presidential election 2009 to victims, when he came out for the re-election of Mr Ahmadinejad.

However, has charged since the election of the relationship between the two men by several attempts to test the limits of the power of the President.

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Invitation to the Israeli leader is Obama spot - New York Times

Discuss White House officials have for three months, whether Mr Obama turbulence, including the upheaval in the Arab world, make a major address on the region the time has come, and whether he should use the opportunity, propose a new plan for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

An administration official said this course was Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the President himself, but by Dennis B. Ross, senior advisor to the President to the Middle East.

Because the Administration has brooding, Mr Netanyahu, was been scary, that his country floor plan would lose administration with no Obama, has consideration, whether in the White House with a proposal of his own, before a friendly Congress, prejudice, according to American officials and diplomats from the region.

"People seem to think that if you go first gets the upper hand," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator and Director at the new America Foundation. Mr Netanyahu nickname, he said: "If Bibi went first and layout, would a bold peace plan to put it more difficult for Obama actually despite what you said Congress and their applause, that is what I think you should do."

The political diversion between the two men demonstrates how the calculation has changed East in the Middle for a variety of reasons, including the political unrest in the Arab world. But it shows the lack of trust and personal animosity of Mr Obama and Mr Netanyahu is what some officials say.

White House officials to draft a possible proposal which work, but they not decided how detailed it will be or even whether the President will deliver it in a planned speech. If Mr Obama submit to an American plan, officials say it could have four principles or negotiators have cursed mandate, to the final status issues, the peace since 1979.

The terms of reference might call for Israel, to accept a Palestinian State on the basis of the 1967 borders. You would have to accept Palestinians, that they end up not the right to return to Israel would get, from which they fled or were forced to flee. Jerusalem would be the capital of both States, and Israeli security would need to be protected.

Mr Netanyahu has made it clear that he wants to Israel's security before any deal needs dealt with peace with the Palestinians. He has worried more about security, because layers in power among the Arab States have weakened in recent months Israel's already fragile relations with its neighbours, in particular Egypt.

The fighting between the Obama administration and the Israeli Government reached a peak last week when Mrs. Clinton, in Washington for a meeting of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, announced that Mr Obama "more detail would talk East and North Africa about America's policy in the middle in the coming weeks."

Their announcement electrified Israeli officials who got with American officials and journalists quickly on the phone whether Mr Obama had decided to put on the table an American plan. He had not such a decision, and White House officials pointed out that the internal debate was still going on.

But two days later, the House speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio, his intention announced, Mr Netanyahu, invite, to address a joint session of Congress. "America and Israel are the closest friends and allies, and we are looking forward to the Prime Minister's views on how we can continue working together for peace, freedom and stability," Mr. Boehner said in a press release.

Like many other foreign leaders, Mr Netanyahu spoke in Congress. He did so in 1996, and four other Israeli Prime Ministers have in the past 35 years. The platform is American elected leaders the possibility of public support for Israel for the politically crucial Israel lobby to demonstrate.

Mr Netanyahu will address the planned meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, probably the most powerful of the American groups together, which advocate for Israel.

Brendan buck, Mr Boehner spokesman, said that staff had received no pushback from the White House about the invitation to Mr Netanyahu. "Of course, it's a troubled time for the region," he said. "Our members were very interested to demonstrate that we are with Israel."

In November last year, representative Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, said Mr Netanyahu, that would the new GOP majority in the House "review of the Administration, in a statement serve", put the rare his blunt disagreement on American foreign policy as a leading provider of foreign.

Mr. Cantor put out a statement after a meeting with Mr Netanyahu said that he "clearly, that the Republican majority understands the special relationship between Israel and the United States and the security of every nation of the other independent is made."

Brian Katulis, a national security expert with the Center for American progress, a liberal research organization, said that Republicans were trying "Israel a partisan wedge issue."

"And that's bad for Israel, and that's bad for the United States", said Mr Katulis. But he added that the Administration would never publicly or privately, against the idea of one Israeli leader addressing Congress.

Two American officials, on condition of anonymity by diplomatic caution, speaking, said they thought that if Mr Netanyahu, a bold proposal for peace with the Palestinians should deal, he would do before his own people in the Knesset.

"Instead of concentration on the establishment of peace, everyone seems speech-making, in the Centre of the stand", said Martin S. Indyk, Vice President for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and a former US Ambassador to Israel. "And unless that talk that generate peace negotiations, so that no peace talk generated."

The debate is in a pending deadline by the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September, when the Assembly is expected to Palestinian statehood in a vote on the whole, support that deeply embarrassing could prove for Israel and the United States planned, both are expected to vote against it.

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Correction: April 22, 2011

An article on Thursday between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel falsified the location of a speech in which Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that Mr Obama soon would provide policy in the Middle East details of America's last week. It was in Washington, D.C., Forum, not in Qatar, at a meeting of the U.S.-Islamic world.

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Cuba lays foundation stone for a new leader

The appointment, at the first Congress in 14 years was the way for more private companies with a Blizzard of changes. Taken together, the revolution, 53, to draw the President Raul Castro, led to a declining economy and even in the estimation of a midlife crisis meant stagnant think the actions.

But Mr Castro, for all his discourse on the need for, the system in the end many of them colleagues rejuvenate with the old guard officers, for now.

He, Fidel Castro, said "The rebel army is the soul of the revolution", to quote his brother.

President Castro, 79, had hinted that he is a young up and comer, a post-Castro era lead can select. Instead, he knocked a party of stalwart, José Ramón Machado, 80, fought at his side in the mountains during the rebellion.

Mr Castro, however, several persons younger than 70 of the Central Committee and three to 15 Member of the Politburo, including the architect who maintain the current round of economic changes, you may call them for larger roles.

Mr Castro recognized that young leader, was behind his generation in the preparation, that Cuba was "Take a reserve of alternative substances with sufficient maturity and experience to the most important tasks of the country."

Some analysts dispute, which say that Mr Castro's moves only his power against all signs of that young and perhaps are too progressive solidified.

"What it means is generational change and the implementation of reforms will be - headed by the 'Territories' or perhaps better put, constrained by the history of the Cuban revolution and the memories and aims of its founders,", said Christopher Sabatini, a scholar of Cuba, Americas quarterly edited.

Fidel Castro, 84, who had been absent from the proceedings and a parade over the weekend, looked up, dressed in a dark warm up suit over a checkered shirt, and sometimes by helpers if he stand to gossip, which he particularly energetic action helped for his brother.

Mr participant age doubts because some people, that he would succeed President Castro. Instead as a trusted Lieutenant, he can play a key role in the, select the end may and see what structure it can govern.

Apart from fellow fighters during the revolution, Mr. Machado can an attractive option to Mr Castro his role supervision of the inner workings of the party, which approved an Office promotions and development links with party leaders in the island been Arturo Lopez-Levy, lecturer at the University of Denver and former policy analyst in the Cuban Interior Ministry said.

Mr. Lopez-Levy said "Machado a decisive factor in the choice of not only the successor, but also the structure of the Division of powers, replace within the party and between the party and Government, the current model of"Castro in command,"".

"Below the street, the old leader only some time won," he said. "They used wisely it?" The Congress gave some hope the members of the Group and the population of a serious economic reform. "Now the old generation would need to respond further in power to these expectations."

President Castro, as expected, took the top position of the party and a list of the leadership changes made official his brother's departure from the ranks of the party he founded read. Fidel Castro, cheered heartily by party members, announced last month that he no longer first Secretary of the party, but his name still on lists appeared.

President Castro, represented apart from offers the usual lashing words towards the United States, the changes as an upgrade of Cuban socialism instead of restarting the capitalism could open the way to the RESA.

"I'm assuming to defend my contribution, to preserve and further to perfect socialism and never allow the return of capitalism," said Mr Castro close in a speech of the Congress.

Congress Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican of Florida, which leave, responded in kind, Cuba as a girl in the early 1960s demonstrated the passions that can generate the leadership of Cuba under many exiled.

"The so-called 'Congress' the Communist Party of anything other than a Congress, such as the agenda and all decisions prior to the decision and aging dictators agreed," she said in a statement. "The Cuban people deserve much better than this old and tired despot who refuse to accept that they have failed miserably."

Although the Congress approved some 300 changes to the law, and may, a practice banned the sale and purchase of houses, since the revolution and the eventual elimination or reduction of State subsidies such as ration cards for basic needs, details were not disclosed. Get the results of the National Assembly, and it is generally expected that it will ratify them.

On the streets was a response of either a lack of understanding of how the changes would be carried out or the fear of speaking openly to a foreign to a place that will tolerate on the whole, not dissent is muted.

The document which party delegate allegedly discussed for the past four days was never publicly released, Cubans caught a glimpse of you and what decided also only in the evening news broadcast as summaries of the proceedings.

If a casual look in living room was any indication, it seems a good many people to see found other programs.

"If all this improves the conditions here, then of course, we are", said Juana Ortiz, 44. "be done, who can argue with the fact something and need to have the young a role?"

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Former leader of the Ivory Coast is recorded

Knysna, C?te d'Ivoire - was captured and taken by his rival in custody on Monday, ending strongman of C?te d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, a four month standoff, the hundreds dead links in this once-prosperous west African nation, international diplomacy to a severe test and ultimately dragged the country into a civil war return.

His Chief of staff outside sends helicopters in the sky in the vicinity with French, Mr Gbagbo has shown his rivals as they stormed his residence to his defeat to signal forces.

"The fight over is," said Mr Gbagbo television station to his rival after his arrest. "So he went with a white handkerchief." "The fighting is over."

For months had to African diplomats and heads of State, Abidjan, and her brief commutes Gbagbo step down with Mr after losing a presidential election last year. The United Nations, the United States and the European Union called for his resignation, imposing severe economic sanctions that crippled the economy - but could not of Mr Gbagbo makes transfer.

Instead it took helicopters devastating air attacks by French and United Nations, at the end of Mr Gbagbo play to defy the international community, to help his rival, Alassane Ouattara, combat and to extend his rule.

On Sunday evening and Monday morning the helicopter hovered offices near the presidential election and the palatial residence, where Mr Gbagbo were punctured was with his wife for days, u fire missile blasts, officially to destroy the heavy weapons were made outside, but Mr Gbagbo reduces parts last redoubts in smoking ruins.

The United Nations and French officials regime change, carefully as more than its mandate by force, insisted that their actions for the protection of civilians, no matter capture forces of the final push-to Mr Gbagbo by his rivals were exclusively.

"There was not a single French soldier in the residence," said Cmdr. Frederic Daguillon, a French military spokesman in Abidjan.

But they readily recognized, that suggests the international Mr Gbagbo defence, so that he open to capture had broken.

Alain Le Roy, Director of the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations, said the strike on Mr Gbagbo to clear heavy weapons you the way for his rival to the residence of storm may have contributed to. But he stressed that there no coordination between the United Nations forces and by Mr Ouattara and the United Nations goal quite had focused on the protection of civilians.

Similarly, a French military spokesman, Thierry Burkhard, said Mr Gbagbo enemies had "exploited" which attacks the French and United Nations, to start their own.

"He really was weakened by the strikes," said Hamadoun Touré, a spokesman for the United Nations operation in C?te d'Ivoire.

President Obama praised the French and the United Nations, Mr. Gbagbo say "Illegitimate claim to power has come finally to an end." The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, called the arrest "the end of a chapter, which should never have."

But not the end mean the arrest the crisis, analysts warned. The air raids by France and the United Nations was expected, the many Gbagbo supporters trench fighting anti-Western adopted his passion. Although Mr Ouattara international choice recognized as the winner of last year, Gbagbo supporters now even more reason it as illegitimate, see may be forced upon them without intervention.

Mr Ouattara permanent overseas will also be tested by allegations that forces loyal to him hundreds of civilians, killed when they country, weakening his reputation than with the higher moral ground in the distance.

Mr Ouattara said "Our country only a painful page in its history has made," in a televised speech Monday night. He insisted that Mr Gbagbo guaranteed security, but announced, that he would require that against Mr Gbagbo, his wife and "all those who are arrested." opening legal proceedings You have "dignified treatment" and their rights will be respected, he vowed.

"I urge therefore my compatriots, which include a sense of revenge, any action could be taken retaliation or violence," said Mr Ouattara.

After his arrest, Mr. Gbagbo was for golf hotel, this shabby lagoon-side resort with his wife been where he had blocked Mr Ouattara for four months. Mr. Le Roy said in a strange reversal of other, previously guarded Mr Gbagbo and his wife, Simone, now of the same United Nations officials were Mr Ouattara protection has been had.

Adam Nossiter reports from Abidjan Ivory Coast; Scott Sayare of Paris; and Dan Bilefsky of the United Nations.

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Forces hope to use Ivory Coast leader

UN helicopter fire on a controlled by Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast on Monday.Alassane Ouattara forces camp say that they expect to collect Laurent Gbagbo from TuesdayU.N. Peacekeepers are trying to prevent attacks on CiviliansOuattara is internationally recognised winner of presidential elections in C?te d'Ivoire

(CNN) - fighters surrounded the presidential palace of Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday, hoping to capture the embattled leader.

The fighters, loyal to President Alassane Ouattara, were 80% sure that Gbagbo was still in the residence, said Patrick Achi, a spokesman for Ouattara.

"We do not see why he will not abandon," Achi said Monday, add the new Gbagbo Government by the International Court of Justice have tried search can.

CNN could not independently Achi's claims, which confirm a report included that Gbagbo's TV station was destroyed.

But at least one resident in Abidjan said Gbagbo's Government TV channel since Monday dark had been; early Tuesday, nothing out of the station was transferred.

The man who did not want to use his name, said so many feel insecure and fear shots all over the city like a soundtrack Monday, played.

Uncertainty and fear constant in parts of the Ivory Coast was in recent weeks as screwed a presidential standoff in a civil war has.

The unrest dates back to November when Gbagbo transferred refused power on Ouattara, the International President of the country after elections recognized as.

Supporters of each side are in many cities of the west African country clashed, and have in the past few days the international troops jumped into the fray.

The cause of United Nations to prevent the use of heavy weapons against civilians and United Nations peace-keeping force helicopter to a camp on Monday controlled by Gbagbo, said a spokesman for un.

UN peacekeeping Director Alain Le Roy told reporters of the body takes sides in the conflict, but be after three days of from Gbagbo left four UN peacekeepers seriously injured had.

France also 350 peacekeepers to the country over the weekend and took control of the airport in Abidjan, the French Ministry of Defense said Sunday. The existing UN peacekeeping mission around 7,500 troops joined the new French troops already in the country.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that had 800 people to death in the Western cocoa-producing town of Duekoue was shot dead. A UN officials the 330 Friday's death toll.

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Forces hope to use Ivory Coast leader

UN helicopter fire on a controlled by Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast on Monday.Alassane Ouattara forces camp say that they expect to collect Laurent Gbagbo from TuesdayU.N. Peacekeepers are trying to prevent attacks on CiviliansOuattara is internationally recognised winner of presidential elections in C?te d'Ivoire

(CNN) - fighters surrounded the presidential palace of Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday, hoping to capture the embattled leader.

The fighters, loyal to President Alassane Ouattara, were 80% sure that Gbagbo was still in the residence, said Patrick Achi, a spokesman for Ouattara.

"We do not see why he will not abandon," Achi said Monday, add the new Gbagbo Government by the International Court of Justice have tried search can.

CNN could not independently Achi's claims, which confirm a report included that Gbagbo's TV station was destroyed.

But at least one resident in Abidjan said Gbagbo's Government TV channel since Monday dark had been; early Tuesday, nothing out of the station was transferred.

The man who did not want to use his name, said so many feel insecure and fear shots all over the city like a soundtrack Monday, played.

Uncertainty and fear constant in parts of the Ivory Coast was in recent weeks as screwed a presidential standoff in a civil war has.

The unrest dates back to November when Gbagbo transferred refused power on Ouattara, the International President of the country after elections recognized as.

Supporters of each side are in many cities of the west African country clashed, and have in the past few days the international troops jumped into the fray.

The cause of United Nations to prevent the use of heavy weapons against civilians and United Nations peace-keeping force helicopter to a camp on Monday controlled by Gbagbo, said a spokesman for un.

UN peacekeeping Director Alain Le Roy told reporters of the body takes sides in the conflict, but be after three days of from Gbagbo left four UN peacekeepers seriously injured had.

France also 350 peacekeepers to the country over the weekend and took control of the airport in Abidjan, the French Ministry of Defense said Sunday. The existing UN peacekeeping mission around 7,500 troops joined the new French troops already in the country.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that had 800 people to death in the Western cocoa-producing town of Duekoue was shot dead. A UN officials the 330 Friday's death toll.

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Forces hope to use Ivory Coast leader

UN helicopter fire on a controlled by Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast on Monday.Alassane Ouattara forces camp say that they expect to collect Laurent Gbagbo from TuesdayU.N. Peacekeepers are trying to prevent attacks on CiviliansOuattara is internationally recognised winner of presidential elections in C?te d'Ivoire

(CNN) - fighters surrounded the presidential palace of Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday, hoping to capture the embattled leader.

The fighters, loyal to President Alassane Ouattara, were 80% sure that Gbagbo was still in the residence, said Patrick Achi, a spokesman for Ouattara.

"We do not see why he will not abandon," Achi said Monday, add the new Gbagbo Government by the International Court of Justice have tried search can.

CNN could not independently Achi's claims, which confirm a report included that Gbagbo's TV station was destroyed.

But at least one resident in Abidjan said Gbagbo's Government TV channel since Monday dark had been; early Tuesday, nothing out of the station was transferred.

The man who did not want to use his name, said so many feel insecure and fear shots all over the city like a soundtrack Monday, played.

Uncertainty and fear constant in parts of the Ivory Coast was in recent weeks as screwed a presidential standoff in a civil war has.

The unrest dates back to November when Gbagbo transferred refused power on Ouattara, the International President of the country after elections recognized as.

Supporters of each side are in many cities of the west African country clashed, and have in the past few days the international troops jumped into the fray.

The cause of United Nations to prevent the use of heavy weapons against civilians and United Nations peace-keeping force helicopter to a camp on Monday controlled by Gbagbo, said a spokesman for un.

UN peacekeeping Director Alain Le Roy told reporters of the body takes sides in the conflict, but be after three days of from Gbagbo left four UN peacekeepers seriously injured had.

France also 350 peacekeepers to the country over the weekend and took control of the airport in Abidjan, the French Ministry of Defense said Sunday. The existing UN peacekeeping mission around 7,500 troops joined the new French troops already in the country.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that had 800 people to death in the Western cocoa-producing town of Duekoue was shot dead. A UN officials the 330 Friday's death toll.

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Forces storm home of the leader, who did not go

New: A spokesman for Laurent Gbagbo refuses to say where he is chosen yet not his rival covered the President forces still, with no intent "no other choice," an Ouattara SaysGbagbo of spokesman for SayGbagbo of born Ouattara, fight, go tell, he loves lifeEditor's note: Read more about the final match for C?te d'Ivoire.

(CNN) - forces loyal to C?te d'Ivoire elected President Alassane Ouattara stormed the residence of his rival Laurent Gbagbo Wednesday, an Ouattara spokeswoman said potentially heralds end of a bloody conflict in the west African country.

You are in Gbagbo's residence but have not entered it yet, Affoussy Bamba said from the main city Abidjan. She discovered heavy weapons in the residence, she said.

A spokesman for Gbagbo, Ahoua Don Mello, confirmed the residence was attacked and expressed surprise at the attack.

Gbagbo is ready, African Union proposals for a transfer of power to discuss, but can not speak of surrender before discussions even begin, his spokesman said.

He would not confirm that Gbagbo is in the residence, is under attack, but said he was in Abidjan.

"they get him and kill him try," Mello said.

Hundreds of people have rejected since Gbagbo, the results of the elections in November in the country producing cocoa was killed. The United Nations and the African Union told Prime Minister, Ouattara, Gbagbo, beaten, who was running for re-election.

Ouattara's powers have steadily on Gbagbo last week, was closed amidst claims of massacres by both sides.

An Ouattara said Gbagbo Representative leave she had no alternative, but the attack attack began on Wednesday.

"Negotiations with Gbagbo have failed," said Mamadou Toure. "Gbagbo decided not to arise, so that Ouattara's forces were left with no other choice." "Goal is to get it without damage of the residence."

"President Alassane Ouattara have to decide what happens next" added Toure that the country's Embassy in Paris and says he is in direct contact with Ouattara's forces.

Various Ouattara representatives said Gbagbo "will be put" CNN Wednesday.

The conflict between his troops and Ouattara seemed traced Gbagbo to surrender Tuesday after four months, but then he.

It "seems, as he lost it's meant... his mind, that there is something wrong with this guy," Patrick Achi said Ouattara spokesman.

Ouattara's page directly on Gbagbo militants, put their weapons is, said the schmerzhaftesten.

"We can sit and wait for it appropriate" to the "humanitarian catastrophe" with views of the city, Abidjan, Achi said. The city of 5 million people "no more electricity, no more hygiene and facilities on the road" had, he said.

Ouattara's Abidjan forces entered on Thursday after an offensive, which swept across the country. When they arrived, the sporadic escalated violence that plagued Abidjan in the war for months after the elections.

Ivory Coast Ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday he thought Gbagbo "know all about it."

"His forces were defeated." He alone now ", said Youssoufou Bamba."

Bamba said Gbagbo before court should go "because he has committed so many crimes" against civil and peaceful demonstrators.

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was most important negotiators in C?te d'Ivoire of the African Union, said, however, Ouattara and others should take into account, so that safe passage for Gbagbo Angola, South Africa or any other country.

Leading by President Barack Obama on down demanding were international Gbagbo step down immediately for the, most of the country.

The political chaos and violence has demanded at least hundreds of lives. In one of the bloodiest events even the International Committee of the Red Cross reported the killings of 800 people last week in the city of Duekoue-producing Western cocoa.

French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Wednesday that all that remained, would leave to discuss such as Gbagbo.

"We have to ensure United Nations his physical well-being and that of his family, an important point is requested, and then organise on the terms of his departure," Juppe said on French radio. "This is the only links to negotiate".

Gbagbo denied in an interview on Tuesday, he planned, fight, go is called a man who "loves life."

"I am not a kamikaze..." I for death doesn't look, "he told France's LCI television."CNN's Saskya Vandoorne and Sarita Harilela contributed to this report.

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Libya 'Needs Gaddafi as a leader' - BBC News

5 April 2011, last updated at 03: 22 GMT Muammar Gaddafi has been in force since 1969, the Libyan Government has said it is for "any" political reform open but Muammar Gaddafi at the power must remain, to avoid a new Iraq or Somalia.

A spokesman of told of Reuters that Colonel Gaddafi was a "unifying figure", and insisted that his troops only armed rebels, civilians not targeted.

The Libyan leader, reportedly has appeared in public in Tripoli.

In the meantime accused forces of atrocities against civilians evacuated from the besieged city of Misurata Pro-Gaddafi.

Fighting has continued in the East of the country, where the rebels have tried, back ground lost attacked military vehicles was aircraft in the last few days, and coalition Col of Gaddafi's forces include.

Vital coastal strip which is oil-rich country effectively divided between rebels in the East and Government loyalists in Tripoli and the West, almost two months after the uprising against the Col Gaddafi's rule.

The son of Colonel Gaddafi has insisted that he and his father by the defection of feel cheated Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, who came last week in London.

Saif al-Islam told the BBC that Mr Koussa traveled to England for health reasons was because he was a man old and sick and needed treatment.

' Elections, referenda, something '

A Libyan Government Envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi, is currently on a tour of European capitals to the solution of the conflict.

Speaking in Tripoli, said Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim, "was remain Col Gaddafi a safety valve for the country together".

Moussa Ibrahim: "we are so happy to Libya save from destruction... we are listening"

He said "The leader of Libyan tribes and Libyan population a unifying figure, as a unifying figure, offers".

"Many Libyans, to many Libyans take him, the process, forward, because she fear it not for some reason, that we have, what happened in the Iraq we have, what happened in Somalia, we have done in Afghanistan are."

Libya, who said Government spokesman, was open to political Reformen-"elections, referenda, nothing"-but "the leader must forward lead".

Mr Ibrahim said it was not for the West Libya say "You have to lose your guide or your system or your regime".

To deny Government attacks on civilians, he called for the outside world to an alleged crime to investigate.

He said "We fight armed militias,". "You are not a civilian if you to take weapons."

Libyan State TV showed what appears to live recordings supporters of a jeep of Col Gaddafi salute outside his walled compound on the Bab al Aziziya in Tripoli late on Monday.

'Corpses on the road'

On Sunday a Turkish humanitarian ship came down with more than 250 injured people from Misratah, the only major city in western Libya still rebel control, rebel in the capital city of Benghazi.

Speaking of Tunisia, said others evacuated Reuters that it forces Gaddafi "was massacring civilians had".

"You have to visit Misratah to see, the massacre of Gaddafi," said Omar Mongi, the Tunisian port of Sfax by a French aid group brought a 40-year-old engineer with a gunshot wound to leg injuries.

"Bodies are on the road." "Hospitals are overflowing."

In the East again on Monday, in the direction of the city of Brega promote oil attempted rebels.

The BBC's Wyre, said Davies on the road close to Brega, the rebels appeared lively and organized to be recently.

US jets Libyan military vehicles near the cities of Sirte and Brega on Monday attacked, US officials said.

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Leader, an ally of search US shifts, removing Yemen

The Obama administration had his support of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in private and be avoided by criticizing him directly in the public, maintained, even as his supporters on peaceful demonstrators, fired because he was considered an important ally in the fight against the Yemeni branch of Al Qaeda. This position has been fueled criticism of the United States in some circles for hypocrisy for noise, to urge a repressive autocrat in Libya, but not strategic allies such as Yemen and Bahrain.

Position began to move, last week said Government officials. While Mr Saleh go publicly not pressed American officials who they said that they now display influence in Office as untenable, and they believe that he should leave allies.

A Yemeni official said that the American position, changed when with Mr Saleh began the negotiations on the terms of his potential departure a little more than a week ago.

"The Americans push since for the transmission, which makes the beginning of" these negotiations, the official said, but not so publicly said, because "they were still in the negotiations."

These negotiations Center now on a proposal for Mr Saleh to the hand is held to an interim Government led by its Vice President until new elections are. This principle is "not controversial" the Yemeni official said only the timing and mechanism for how he would go.

It remains in the quarrel between the student-led demonstrators, however, rejected any proposal which would give power to a leading official of the Government of Saleh.

Washington had long with Mr Saleh a cautious relationship of interdependence. The United States weapons has made available, and the Yemeni leader the US military and the c.i.a. to Al Qaeda blow to forts put. The State Department cable from WikiLeaks has published a close-up view of this uneasy interdependence: Mr Saleh said General David H. Petraeus, then the American commander in the Middle East, that the United States a friend can missile strikes against Al Qaeda, as long as the fiction, that Yemen they conducting was maintained.

"We will continue to say the bombs are us, not to sell," Mr Saleh said, according to a cable sent by the American Ambassador. Mr Saleh resisted but at other times of American requirements. He said in an ironic assessment of the United States, Daniel Benjamin, the State Department's counterterrorism chief, that Americans are "hot-blooded and hasty", if you need us, but "cold-blooded and if we need British."

The Sana'a negotiations began after Government armed linked prompted a wave of defections of senior government officials of the following week more than 50 protesters at an anti-Government rally on 18 March, killed. The American and Yemeni officials, the talks discussed the condition of anonymity on because the talks are private and still under way.

It is not clear whether a safe passage for Mr Saleh is the United States and discuss his family in another country, but seems, that be the direction of the discussions in Sana'a, the capital.

Organization for Washington would the key to his departure, a transfer of power from to, the operation would continue to allow the fight against terrorism in Yemen.

Referred to an official of the Administration, affecting last week said that "direct negative impact on the security situation in the country had has the distance between the President and the demonstrators."

"Groups of various stripes - Al-Qaeda, Houthis, tribal elements and secessionists - use the current political turmoil and emerging markets are cracks of the military and security services to the own advantage," the official said. "Until President Saleh to resolve the political impasse with the announcement may like and whenever he meet on his previous commitment to tangible opposition steps will be followed by calls for further deterioration threatens the security situation in the Yemen."

In recent days, American officials in Washington have indicated the change of in position.

This "concrete steps", other officials said, could include type to demand he step down.

A State Department Briefing recently was a spokesman Mark toner, to scrutinise whether it had planned for a post-Saleh Yemen. ""While he directly, he said the question answered, in part, goes", that fight against terrorism in the Yemen every individual."

Laura Kasinof reported from Sana, Yemen, and David E. Sanger from Washington.

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Gaddafi of Envoy meets Greek leader - Washington Post

Libyan leader Muammar Al-Qadhafi launched a diplomatic initiative towards some members of the NATO on Sunday, with the Greek Government say that met a senior official of the Libyan with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and, planned to travel on to Turkey.

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Gaddafi regime "Sought a solution,", said Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas, but he has to be no information about the meeting with Foreign Minister Libyan Abdulati al Obeidi. Droutsas added that his Government would inform "all our partners and allies" of the Libyan proposals.

Obama administration officials were waiting to be informed, said that they had no comment on the plans. Obeidi, Libyan Prime Minister, emerged in the last few days as Gaddafi's diplomatic point man.

Many of them arrived in Benghazi the de-facto capital of the Libyan opposition, a Turkish ferry with hundreds of people, wounded fighters, from the Western Misurata, where the rebels were under siege by Gaddafi loyalists.

The ship, under the protection of the Turkish military of fighter jets and naval vessels travel in Benghazi more wounded in Turkey get stopped.

Droutsas said that Obeidi planned by Athens in the Turkey for meetings with government officials, and then to Malta travel according to a report by the official news agency of Athens. The meeting with Papandreou, who said Greek officials had a phone call from Tripoli on Friday was ordered.

"On our part," Droutsas said in a statement, "we stressed that we confirmed the clear message of the international community: full compliance with and implementation of UN resolutions, immediate ceasefire, end violence and hostilities, particularly against civilians in Libya." "Emissary words, it seems based on the that the regime also [] is looking for a solution."

Obeidi told reporters in Tripoli on Friday, "We seek British, the French and the Americans with the, the killing of people to stop talking." "We try to find a mutual solution."

Many Libyan officials are allegedly in contact with Western officials, although it remains unclear which seek to leave the Government among them and, represent you. Libyan Foreign Minister Musa KUSA übergelaufen last week after United Kingdom and a close advisor of Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, met with British officials reported proposal of the Libyan leader makes his sons step down.

The Obama showed little interest in such offered administration and its allies and partners in the Libya operation. President Obama described his demand of the international military coalition, under the authorization of the United Nations after Gaddafi's departure as a political goal, during goal, is to stop the violence and to protect Libyan civilians.

Although NATO command of which last week took over operation Libya, some members have said that they would participate only in the noncombat aspects of the intervention.

US officials will remain with opposition groups, who hold the eastern part of the country, air strikes and a no-fly zone under the protection of the Coalition the possibility of a military confrontation on the ground, increasingly resigned during Gaddafi's forces in the control of the West.

The United States and its partners in the operations remain nervous about armament of the disorganized rebel fighters. Although officials expressed confidence in the collection of lawyers and intellectuals, who have formed an interim Government in Benghazi, they are concerned about the identity and objectives of other participants in the fight.

Gaddafi's far bigger and better thwarts last week Western move forces rebel attempts and suppressed by cities, which had taken on the Central Mediterranean Sea.

In Misurata, the only major city in western Libya in rebel hands, still weeks of urban warfare have taken a toll for clearly. Passengers on board the Ankara, which saw the arrival in Benghazi from Misurata, ferry subscribed and exhausted.

The passengers, protected by heavily armed Turkish police offered a window into a city, which cut off from the outside world for weeks.

"There is no safe place in Misurata," said Faraj Ahmed, 31, a doctor, the wounded on their trip to Turkey was accompanied. About 70 more wounded people were to be picked up by Benghazi.

The ship came in Misurata of under guise of 10 Turkish air force F-16 fighter aircraft and two navy frigates, Reuters said, adding that thousands of desperate people, including several thousand Egyptians, tried it on board.

"There are bombs everywhere, in homes, in cars," said Ahmed. "The situation is really bad." "There is nothing to eat, no formula for the baby." Electricity was been interrupted, he said. "Even with the air strikes" coalition forces, he said "Gaddafi's people killed people every day are."

Inside the ship was sprinkled every cabin and lounge with injured people. The smell of diesel fuel mixed with the stench of sweat as harried medical personnel crashed through rows of the wounded.

Some of the violations were cruel. A young man sat on a mattress on the floor, a gaping hole where his nose had been. On a different mattress set a man, whose Beine was been amputated. Many said they were civilians and had been sitting in their cars or foot on the road when they were attacked.

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Bahrampour reports of Benghazi.

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Final push to ivory coast to oust leader

Forces loyal to internationally recognised Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara attack the Presidential Palace on April 1.Kenya's Prime Minister says Laurent Gbagbo has "expired his welcome" Gbagbo has refused to step power ElectionForces down, since a disputed November loyal to Alassane Ouattara Gbagbo's home attack, you take control of the State TVThe UN High Commissioner for refugees reported a "mass exodus" from Abidjan

(CNN) --der African Union calls for Laurent Gbagbo, makes Friday to give as forces attacked the home of controversial incumbent.

The organization asked to recognize Gbagbo "to hand over power immediately", Alassane Ouattara, the international leading a democratically elected leader of the west African country.

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said CNN political crisis in the Union has served as principal negotiator in Ivory Coast, "Gbagbo's are days numbered because he overstayed his welcome". "The of the Ivorian population must ultimately prevail."

Gbagbo has refused, makes for a controversial election November cede.

Forces loyal to Ouattara Gbagbo's residence attacked and took control of State television early Friday morning, said an Ouattara CNN of spokesman for.

Gbagbo's residence said close to the State television station, Patrick Achi, Ouattara spokesman. Gbagbo was not there apparently.

The acquisition is less than three hours after a spokesman for Gbagbo in the same network declare appeared, that Gbagbo had no intention of leaving the Presidential Palace, according to a witness, which saw the broadcast occurred. The Presidential Palace is not Gbagbo's personal residence and is somewhere else.

Taking over the Government network that previously incitement was violence against protesters against the Gbagbo Government accused, as Ivory Coast a decisive and final phase, with forces make loyal to Ouattara internal war seemed a final push to oust a defiant Gbagbo.

An Abidjan resident charged not be identified for security reasons, said that he heard heavy gunfire overnight and Friday morning.

He said that most of the city pushed 4 million people in their homes with no access to information were now, that was national radio from the air.

One of the people killed Thursday in the violence in Abidjan was a Swedish UN employees, said Joakim Larsson, a spokesman for the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

"she was in her house when she was hit by a ball, that they killed," Larsson said.

Ouattara said on Thursday a curfew in Abidjan as forces loyal to him closer to the control of the city. The curfew, Ouattara said, remain in effect until Sunday. Also Ouattara's Home Secretary in the radio announced Thursday, that the air and borders of the land would be sealed until further notice.

The curfew, seemed however not generally recognised to be, how people listen to sounds of heavy gunfire Abidjan reported Thursday night.

Achi told CNN earlier Thursday to rebel forces patrolled several streets of Abidjan and were quick to Gbagbo.

It is only "hours, perhaps days" before Gbagbo, Achi said. "The army wants to fight not for Laurent Gbagbo."

The UN High Commissioner for refugees reported a "mass exodus" residents of Abidjan on Thursday.

"Heavy fighting, widespread human rights violations and fear of the war up to 1 million people fleeing forced their homes in Abidjan," according to the report.

Human rights agencies have the death of 462 human-some in horrific mode-documented and is warned on the edge of disaster.

"The international community must immediately take measures to protect of the civilian population,", said Salvatore Sagues, Amnesty International's researcher on the West Africa.

Ouattara, the winner of the presidential election was recognized November but had to in the UN-protected holes been Golf Hotel since then led the political dead end to the escalation of violence and turmoil.

In the meantime asked Gbagbo's Army Chief, major General Philippe Mangou, seeking asylum in the residence of the South African Ambassador, the South African Government said Thursday. Achi said it was a sign that the forces are now fully behind Ouattara.

Republican forces control of a large part of the capital, Yamoussoukro, and other important cocoa snatched-producing and port cities early March in the week before, Abidjan, the commercial center of Ivory Coast.

Concerned about the rising tide of violence, unanimously the UN Security Council Wednesday to give more authority to protect of the civilian sanctions on Gbagbo, his wife and three Associates, and UN peacekeepers.

The UN resolution demands that Gbagbo resign immediately and accept all State institutions, including the military, Ouattara as President. It empowers also UN peacekeeping forces ", to use all necessary means, to carry out its mandate to protect civilians under imminent violence."

The resolution imposed targeted sanctions and travel bans on Gbagbo, his wife, Simone, and three more: request Tagro, Pascal Affi N' N'Guessan and Alcide Djedje.

The resolution takes all five "Obstacle to peace and reconciliation" and reject the legitimate election of Ouattara. All but Gbagbo are due to "public incitement to hatred and violence." CNN's Zain Verjee, Carey Bodenheimer, Monica mark, Aliza Kassim, Christian table Fombu, Moni Basu and Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report.

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