U.S. stocks open unchanged at their highest level in 4 months

Was little changed at U.S. stocks at the start of trading Thursday, with the decline in the hopes of the European Central Bank moved to face the debt crisis, which opened the door to concerns after the arrival of European stock indices and U.S. to the highest levels in several months.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 13.01 points, or 0.10 percent to 13162.63 points, and decreased the S & P 500 broader 1.75 points, or 0.12% to 1400.47 points.

The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 0.89 points Technology, or 0.03% to 3012.14 points.

U.S. Navy sailors save ten Iranians off the coast of Oman

U.S. Navy announced that a team of ten soldiers saved the Iranian sailors in the Arabian Gulf, after a fire boat, who were on board off the coast of Oman.

The network quoted "ABC News" for the U.S. Navy as saying - in a statement issued on Thursday - that the operation was on Wednesday evening, using the aircraft carrier USS "James E. Williams."

It was the seventh time that at least you saved the U.S. Navy sailors the Iranians over the past two years in the Gulf region.

The New York Times: Washington and its allies are seeking to build a missile defense system to counter any Iranian attack

U.S. government officials said that the United States and its Arab allies are working on building a regional missile defense system in the region in order to protect the Gulf Bmant and oil and military bases from attack by Iran.

The newspaper "The New York Times" on public officials and documents that "the United States and its Arab allies are working on building a regional missile defense system on the Arabian Gulf to protect cities and refineries and oil pipelines and military bases from attack by Iran."

The newspaper said the move was aimed at sending a message sharply to Tehran, has become more immediate with the growing tension with Iran, but they require the partner countries in the Gulf to put aside conflicts and exchange information and coordinate their arsenals for the interceptors to create a defense shield covers all regional allies .

She pointed out that it will deploy radars in order to increase the coverage for early warning in the Gulf region, as well as the introduction of control systems and communications enables the exchange of information with interceptor missiles fired from each country separately.

Therefore, the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) announced earlier this year about a deal involving a missile defense radar sophisticated Arab Emirates, as officials revealed that a similar high-precision radar will be placed in Qatar as well.

The newspaper reported that the regional missile defense system in the Gulf aims to deter any attack by Iran, and if necessary, reduce the impact of the rockets fired on the territory of the allies and U.S. forces.

She pointed to the existence of technical challenges and political way of establishing the system of missile defense unified, it is the technique can not be any missile defense system that is effectively 100%, but in terms of political challenges stem from competition for the historical, which drives the Gulf states to strengthen their security through bilateral relations with the U.S. Nations.

On the other hand, the newspaper "New York Times" in its last report on the shadow war between Israel and Iran, and plans Thikha countries to achieve this, that Israel would prefer to use a direct route through Jordan and Iraq to hit Iran.

There were different estimates of foreign observers, some of whom felt that Jordanians Sagdon a blind eye to the passage of Israeli planes over their airspace, while others said that Oman had considered this a violation of the peace agreement with Israel.

There are two other possible routes are two ways, first through Turkey and Syria and the other across the Red Sea, but longer.

American women face Japan in the "dream final"

Stadium will be the "Wembley" English capital of London, only a quarter of the ninth evening, Thursday, the scene of the final match, which brings together teams of the United States and Japan, in the competition of women's football for the London Olympics.

Stepped up the U.S. team to the final, after winning the national team of Canada by four goals to three, in a marathon match lasted for 120 minutes, after it is over time the original draw positive 3 \ 3, while the team qualified for the Japanese to the last leg of the stations the tournament, after beating hard on his French two goals to one goal, the matches of the semi-final of the competition age.

This time is the fifth, which qualify the United States to the final, in the history of user's posts in the Olympics, note that the U.S. team succeeded in qualifying for the final Olympics in four copies of the past since the first post of the ball women's Olympics "Atlanta 1996", won the women's American gold Olympics three times in 1996, 2004 and 2008, while Norway kidnapped from his U.S. counterpart gold in the Olympics 2000, after he beat him, with three to two, in extra time.

The Japanese team Fatmah achievement in the Olympic football, and by obtaining the gold medal for the first time after he was disappointed the last Olympics in 2008, when he lost the bronze medal after the defeat of Germany, with two straight, in the third place match.

In another match, Tandmn town "Coventry" English, noon in the second, the expected confrontation between the teams, which combine Canada, France, in the match for third place, and the bronze medal.

Depends team Canada at the attacking glittering, Christine Sinclair, who made the "trick" in the last match, a three-fourth in the history of Olympic Football Tournament for women, in hopes the French team to enter history, to get the bronze medal, to be a medal, the first in the history of Replies France women's football.

Clinton urges South Africa to persuade Iran to abandon nuclear weapons

Urged U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, South Africa the first country who chose to voluntarily give up its nuclear weapons play a role in curbing Iran's quest to acquire nuclear weapons and to keep nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists.

And Radio Sawa the U.S. on Thursday for Clinton, saying "You can prove to persuade Iran to abandon nuclear weapons is a sign of strength, not a sign of weakness. She added," that you can help to emphasize that any country seeking to develop nuclear weapons program does not bring the same but more of isolation and pressure.

Secretary-General warned the United Nations: Mali has become a safe haven for terrorism

Warned of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday that the country began to turn into a financial safe haven for groups "terrorist and criminal" sought with the countries of West Africa to the UN Security Council to support the deployment of forces to achieve stability in this country.

Is controlled by Islamist militant groups in a two-thirds of Mali after the guerrilla insurgency of the categories of secular, led by National Tuareg earlier this year, and was able to those groups of control quickly on northern Mali in the wake of a military coup in the 22 of March in the southern capital of Bamako toppled President Amadou Toumani Toure.

Ban said the Security Council of the United Nations, the Islamists are imposing illegal application of Sharia in northern Mali, and became the security situation in the north of the country now is volatile and difficult to predict, and was a financial one day is considered a model for a stable democracy, rare in a volatile region.

He said that "with the flow of regional and global jihadists there, is reason for concern that the North has become a safe haven for terrorist and criminal elements."

And seeks the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) to deploy an intervention force of 3000 people in Mali to restore stability in the capital, Bamako, Mali, and strengthen the army to help him restore the north.

And supported the UN Security Council last month, the political efforts of West African leaders to end the unrest in Mali, but did not amount to a support send an intervention force, and said he was ready to discuss the request of ECOWAS for the issuance of the mandate of United Nations intervention force when it is providing more details on these plans.

The Security Council also called on Member States of the United Nations to submit the names of individuals, groups or entities associated with al Qaeda-linked disorders and Mali to al-Qaeda sanctions committee emanating from the Council for inclusion on the blacklist of the United Nations.

He urged that "the Security Council to consider serious consideration to impose targeted sanctions on travel and money the right of individuals or groups in Mali involved in terrorist activities, religious extremist or criminal."

Hosseini told the safety of Solomon ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security ECOWAS need to request an official of Mali for the deployment of a stabilization force, which expects to happen soon.