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The Yemeni authorities have declared a ceasefire with rebels fighting government forces in the north.
The truce started at midnight local time (2100 GMT) and came after days of negotiations between the government and rebels on how to end the conflict.
The leader of the rebels, known as Houthis, ordered his men to abide by the truce.
The government of Israel is ready to restore the de jure recognition it has offered to Somaliland in 1960 as it eyes the Red Sea and the Horn, an Israeli spokesman says.
According to a local source, Golisnews, Mr. Yigal Palmor, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman is quoted on the Israeli newspaper of Haaretz Daily saying his government was ready to recognize Somaliland again. He cited Israel was the first state to recognize Somaliland in 1960 when it received its independence from Great Britain.
However, Mr. Palmor admitted Somaliland government has not contacted the Israeli government to seek ties.
Hundreds of Somali insurgents loyal to islamist group al-Shabaab have reached Mogadishu, witnesses say, amid expectations of a major battle.
Eyewitnesses reported that fighters, about 20 vehicles and artillery had arrived in Somalia’s capital overnight.
Residents have been fleeing for days amid a widespread belief that the rebels and government forces are on the cusp of a serious showdown.
Al-Shabaab and other rebel groups control much of southern Somalia.
Has just happened an action against italian embassy in Teheran. Some tens of Basij (iranian paramilitary militia), dressed by civilians, have tried to assault our embassy throwing stones and shouting dead to Italy, dead to Berlusconi. The announce of Foreign minister, Franco Frattini, arriving early afternoon during an audition in commission at Senato. Similar incidents have occurred in front of the embassies of France, Holland and Germany.
Harm U.S. interests anywhere. We want to get the control gulf of Aden.
The wing of al-Qaeda in Yemen has called Monday all muslims of arabic penisula at jihad against christians and jews present in the region by an audio message diffused on internet by number two of the organisation. There is no other way out of this situation than combact a holy war, said Saeed al-Shehri, ex prisoner of Guantanamo, exhorting to attack everywhere american interests and the crusaders.
Militants have killed five Russian soldiers in the troubled North Caucasus region of Chechnya, officials say.
The gunfight broke out on Thursday night in forested mountains south-west of the region’s capital Grozny, Russia’s interior ministry said.
Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency said six more soldiers were wounded in the skirmish against some 15 militants.
Nigeria’s minister for foreign affairs has angrily responded to a question asked by his counterparts from Uganda and Ethiopia at the AU summit regarding the deployment of troops in Somalia previously pledged by his country and when that was likely to happen.
The minister said there is no peace to keep in Somalia and that any claims by some countries that they are going to restore peace and security in Somalia are insincere. The Nigerian minister of foreign affairs said they were not going to deploy their troops in Somalia.