Killed 200 people piled up in Sierra Leone

Freetown: At least 200 people were killed in a cave that is a gold mining area in the West African country, Sierra Leone, as the media reported Friday (19 / 3). The scene was in the southern part of Sierra Leone, less than 300 km from the capital Freetown. According to reports, fateful event happened because of a collapsed trench. However, so far there was still no further details about the incident.

Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Sierra Leone lies between Guinea and Liberia in western Africa. This country has an area of approximately 72,000 square kilometers, with natural resources including gold, diamonds, bauxite, and iron ore.

This country has experienced civil war for a decade. Government of Sierra Leone with the United Nations (UN), has set up special courts in 2002 ago. This special court is mandated to make people be responsible for atrocities in Sierra Leone after 30 November 1996.




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Israeli troops kill Palestinian youth in West Bank

A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli soldiers and another seriously injured Saturday in clashes in the occupied West Bank, said some Palestinian hospital officials.

The young man took part in demonstrations as protesters threw stones at Israeli soldiers near the city of Nablus in the West Bank. Some Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said the young 16-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire.

The Israeli military said soldiers fired no ammunition, but use the weapons for riot control such as tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the Palestinians who approached a Jewish settlement.

Death is the first in a series of clashes that erupted this week as a protest against Israel at a concentration of ancient synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem, and probably will increase the tension.

Islamic groups Hamas and Palestinian officials affiliated with a rival, the moderate Fatah movement, declared the restoration work at the ancient synagogue in the area of Jewish Hurva near the walled Old City of endangering the al-Aqsa Mosque, which is about 400 meters.




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Secretary General PBB Supports Palestinian State

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, on Saturday said the international community "strongly supports" efforts to establish a Palestinian state when he began a regional tour aimed at reviving peace talks.

He started his two-day visit to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Sayyad in Ramallah, West Bank, and praised the plan to build the institutions of an independent Palestinian state in mid-2011.

Ban is also scheduled to meet senior officials will visit Israel and the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-ruled. The rubble is still visible in large areas of Gaza following the Israeli attacks during the 22 days in December 2008.

Along with Ban's visit, the violence continued on Saturday when Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian youth who threw stones at them and a more serious injuries in the village of Burin, West Bank, said medical officials and Palestinian security.

They said the soldiers entered Iraq Burin, a village south of Nablus which is often the area of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers, in order to break the battle between the villagers and residents near the settlement of Bracha.

Villagers said the fighting broke out when settlers attacked the village and not related to the protests against the Israeli settlements that occurred in the West Bank and East Jerusalem last week.

Israeli Army memeberikan not immediately comment on the incident.

Meanwhile, Palestinians fired a rocket from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, but fell on open ground, the military said.

The shooting was the second rocket into Israel since the projectile rocket killed a worker from Thailand on Thursday. Worker is the first person killed by rocket attacks from the area since the war Gaza.




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Colombian FARC rebels Culik Five Contractors Oil

Bogota (AFP / Reuters) - Colombian FARC Rebels have kidnapped five local oil contractors near an oil field operated by the U.S., brought them to Venezuela with the army after them, as some officials, Saturday.

The men arrested were working for oil services company Tuboscope and Tecnioriente, added contracted by a local unit of U.S. company Occidental Petroleum, the oil fields near Caricare in the state of Arauca, detailed a local military commander.

The sixth worker tried to escape into the bush when the rebels rammed their vehicle as they approached a military helicopter.

Violence and kidnappings in the long war in the country has eased under President Alvaro Uribe, who has sent troops to retake areas controlled by rebels. However, it stressed the threat of kidnapping rebels still in the Andean country.

"They have kidnapped six workers from Tuboscope and Tecnioriente," said a military commander General Rafael Neira on local radio. "Kidnapper took them to rural areas ... the military has responded and helped one of his workers."

Arauca state Governor Luis Ataya said he believed the people were arrested for being blackmailed and he blamed the FARC.

FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, who had become a powerful rebel force, has been hit repeatedly until the weakest level in decades. Foreign investment, particularly in the field of petroleum and mining, are exploding as companies are attracted to Colombia.

The country is now number 4 oil producer Latin America, with production of more than 700,000 barrels per day.

Rebels often civilians arrested for being blackmailed, but they also hold 24 soldiers and poilsi for political leverage as part of the oldest guerrilla operations in Latin America's.

FARC, which has been weakened by the death of its commander and the defection, had turned to attack and run tactics, attacks and homemade landmines to disrupt the army. But still can merea major attack.

In December, a rebel commando unit have captured the governor of Caqueta state of his house, took him quickly to the forest, where they slit his throat and dumped his body.

The kidnapping of oil workers took place just days before the FARC planned to release the two soldiers, one of them had been detained for nearly 12 years in secret camps in the woods. Some helicopter crews Brazil and the Red Cross committee had been ready to take them.




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Red Shirt Leader Demands to Bargain With Thai PM

Bangkok - The leaders of the Red Shirt demonstration of anti-Thai government said Saturday they will only talk directly with the government if Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Abhisit previously said, that negotiations have been scheduled between the two government leaders and two senior members of the Red Shirt, who had held a demonstration in Bangkok for seven days and call new elections do.

Thai media reports, a protest leader has agreed to hold a meeting Monday evening, but some of the other Red Shirt insisted that they would only talk directly to the prime minister.

"After we meet and discuss, we reached the conclusion that we are not going to negotiate with Satit or Korbsak. For we will negotiate only with Abhisit," said protest leader, Jatuporn Prompan, in front of the audience.

He was referring to the Minister Satit Wonghnongtaey and government officials Korbsak Sabhavasu, Abhisit appointed to negotiate with leaders Red shirt.

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Thousands of protesters against Putin in all Russia

Vladivostok, Russia (AFP / Reuters) - Thousands of people demonstrated Saturday against the Russian government of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in a series of protests, fueled by a sharp decline in living standards since the economic crisis hit.

A coalition of opposition groups declared `National Day of Anger` 50 held a demonstration to highlight the increasing dissatisfaction associated with unemployment, high cost of living and transportation taxes.

Protests across the country mixed with a variety of local issues, which angered the ruling party.

While criticism-criticism of the Kremlin has created a series of protests in recent months, they could consolidate their power.

"The situation has changed, but has not backed away from the movement," said Masha Lipman, an analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center thinkers about the rising protests.

Although they are naturally dispersed, but the Kremlin remained true to feel anxious about the demonstration, he said.

"For the government stakes are very high. Even the slightest risk is still perceived as a risk for them."

At least 1,500 people were rushing out of the Pacific port, Vladivostok, raised their hands to support Putin's government extend movement.

Around 1,000 people berunjukrasa in Saint Petersburg, and a larger number scheduled in Moscow in the afternoon.

"People do not have jobs and they have been sick," said Ivan Fotodtov, 26 years old, a designer of Internet pages from Vladivostok to protest a bill that reduced wages never rise.

"People are angry not only to pemnerintah regions, but also to Moscow," he said.

Local elections last week showed support for the Party of Putin's United Russia leader declined since the onset of economic crisis, which caused a sudden cessation of growth in 10 years, and pushed the unemployment rate increased over nine percent.

In the last year, Russia's GDP fell about eight percent, which is the worst performance since 1994.

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