U.S. judge wants evidence of the largest sources of property, son of Equatorial Guinea

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge that he should claim to provide more evidence to support accusations that the son of Equatorial Guinea received millions of dollars illegally to live in a luxurious including the purchase of aircraft and luxury cars and memorabilia belonging to pop singer Michael Jackson.Said George Wu, U.S. District Court judge on Thursday that he will reject the attempt to claim the confiscation of property Teodoro Nguema Obiang to Manjui son of Equatorial Guinea has long Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.But a provision contained in the seven-page said that Wu had agreed at the same time to allow prosecutors to strengthen their complaint further supporting facts.She noted a spokeswoman for the Department of Justice that the judge gave the 60-day deadline to amend the complaint and prosecutors will do so.Obiang and works the Son and the minister of forests and agriculture in the poor country in West Africa, where 70 percent of the population below the poverty line. Obiang Jr. and receive a salary of about $ 6800 per month.However, prosecutors said in the United States that Obiang bought the estate in Malabo $ 30 million and aircraft Gulfstream at $ 5.38 million dollars and the things a memorial to Jackson $ 1.8 million with money obtained illegally through bribes and money laundering are different.Obiang's lawyers asked to dismiss the complaint Qaúlat the prosecution failed to support his claims adequately and that Obiang won the concession to collect wood in his country that made him rich

Semi-agreement on a draft Security Council resolution on sending observers to Syria

Said the Russian Foreign Ministry said the 15-member Security Council, "almost agreed" on a draft resolution on sending an observer mission to Syria and that the vote on the project site for later Saturday.
The ministry said in a statement that "the UN Security Council members agreed almost on a draft resolution on the deployment of observers from the United Nations in Syria."
And will vote the 15 members in the Council at 1500 GMT in New York on a draft resolution allowing the deployment of observers in Syria to monitor the cease-fire after talks between the Russians and the difficult Westerners.
Shortly before that rejected the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, who holds the council presidency, to predict the outcome of the vote.
Russia also called on all parties to the Syrian commitment to the special envoy of the UN and the Arab League to Syria, Kofi Annan, "strictly" and criticized the attacks by opposition forces.
The Russian Foreign Ministry "All parties, including the Syrian armed opposition immediately stop the violence and respect for the Annan plan strictly."
The ministry said "yesterday in Hama terrorists killed an officer in the Syrian army and blew up the shell and threw explosives at a military patrol, and recorded similar incidents in the cities of Syria, the other."

Obama and Sarkozy discuss the situation in Syria and Iran

Search by U.S. President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on the situation in Syria and Iran and how to achieve stability in oil markets.
This came in contact through closed-circuit television between Obama and Sarkozy, according to the White House to continue their consultations close on global issues of common concern.With regard to Syria, Obama and Sarkozy condemned the violence perpetrated by the Syrian regime against its own people, and noted that the system was not implemented after the agreement has been reached with Kofi Annan's envoy to the United Nations and the Arab League and known as the Annan plan.The two leaders called on the Syrian regime to the full implementation of the Annan plan, They noted that the international community will judge his work on the system and not by his words.With regard to Iran, Obama and Sarkozy expressed hope that the benefit of Iran talks "5 + 1" to address international concerns about Iran's nuclear program.The two presidents agreed to continue to increase pressure on the Iranian regime through sanctions and other measures if it continues not to respond to the efforts of the international community.The leaders also agreed to continue their consultations on the strain global oil markets.

U.S. expresses "deep concern" about the violence in Bahrain

The United States expressed "deep concern" because of the escalating violence in Bahrain, has condemned the attacks on the police, as called for security forces to exercise restraint.Said Jay Carney, White House spokesman said in a statement that "the United States remains deeply concerned about the situation in Bahrain, and we urge all parties to reject violence in all its forms."Related linksWounding seven policemen in a bomb blast in BahrainReports: Formula One teams studying the possibility of abandoning the Bahrain Grand Prix for cars"Bahraini judiciary," refuses to hand over Al-Khawaja to DenmarkRead alsoRelated TopicsGulfCarney said "We condemn the violence against the police and government institutions, including the incidents that took place recently and was injured because police officers were seriously injured.""We also call upon the police to exercise maximum restraint, and condemn the excessive use of force and indiscriminate use of tear gas against demonstrators, which resulted in civilian casualties."The Bahraini opposition and witnesses that groups wear civilian clothes attacked Tuesday night, armed white population of Shiite villages in Bahrain.This came just a day after injuring seven policemen were injured in the explosion of a homemade bomb placed at the entrance to the village near the Shiite Aker Manama.Carney also expressed about the "continuing concern" for the safety of Shiite activist jailed for life and hunger striker Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja, and called on the government to think about all the options available to resolve his case.This coincides with a call to five associations Bahraini opposition, led by Harmony Society, which represents the main Shi'ite power in the Kingdom, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to move for the release of Khawaja.The Bahraini authorities have denied the rumors about the deteriorating health fairs prisoner on hunger strike Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and the possibility of his death.
 Clashes in the Shiite village south of Manama, BahrainThe military court has issued a ruling on charges of conspiracy to Khawaja state, but Amnesty International said last month that his trial was unfair as the girl at all by the Court on a confession extracted from him by force.Prosecutors did not provide any evidence to prove that the foreigner to call the use of violence during the demonstrations that began last year against the regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Washington is North Korea's firing of a missile in breach of international obligations

A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) that the Minister of Defense Leon Panetta held a telephone conversation with his South Korean counterpart on Monday evening to discuss the North Korean plan to launch a missile.
He also added the spokesman George Little that the two ministers made ​​clear that the United States and South Korea are considered North Korea's firing of a missile a provocative act and a serious breach of international obligations to North Korea
Yeh and Security Council resolutions, the UN force.

Killed 12 Yemenis in U.S. raid

U.S. air strike carried out by drone aircraft killed 12 Yemeni citizen today south of Lauder of Yemen.
It is noteworthy that Yemen is witnessing a state of instability since the revolution in the past year.

Annan unacceptable escalation of violence in Syria

London - (BBC)International envoy to the Arab and Syrian private Kofi Annan Sunday escalation'' unacceptable'' to the pace of violence in Syria is a'' violation'' of the collateral pledged by the Syrian government to stop the violence in front of him.
He called for Annan's special envoy to Syria by the United Nations and the Arab League, the Syrian government and the militants' opposition to stop all forms of violence in the country by the time the sixth time Damascus, on Thursday the twelfth of this month,'' as provided for in the plan.
Annan said:'' We are approaching the deadline of Tuesday the tenth of April, I remember the Syrian government to the need for full implementation of their obligations, and to emphasize that the current escalation of violence is unacceptable. '
He added:'' I am in constant contact with the Syrian government, and asked the states, which have influence on all relevant actors, now use its influence to ensure an end to the bloodshed, and start the dialogue. '
It is the Vatican to pay Pope Benedict XVI Sunday weigh in favor of the United Nations effort to stop the violence in Syria.
He called the pope, the Vatican in a speech on the occasion of the Easter festival, the obligation to'' immediate'' effort of international peace.
Army'' free''
On the other hand, said Riad Al-Assaad, the commander of the Syrian army'' free'', said that the Annan plan would fail, because'' the Syrian regime will not be adhered to. '
Assaad said that his group did not ask them any written assurances to end the violence, which is contrary to what she said from Damascus that such assurances are a condition for the withdrawal of its troops from the Syrian cities.
The news agency Reuters Assaad said by telephone from Turkey,'' the system will not adhere to this plan, and is therefore doomed to failure''.
He stressed that'' the Syrian army has promised to abide by the free plan if he did order that. '
'' Written guarantees''
The Syrian government statement had said Sunday that the Syrian government will not withdraw its troops from areas where protests without written guarantees'''' from the opposition.
The statement said that'' to say that Syria withdraw its forces from the cities on the tenth of April is not accurate, as Kofi Annan did not provide written guarantees so far about the acceptance of armed terrorist groups to stop all forms of violence''.
The news agency quoted a spokesman for the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jihad sanctuary on Sunday that Syria accepted the plan'' after Kofi Annan reiterated that his mission which respect the sovereignty of Syria. '
He added that the sanctuary Annan pledged to'' work to stop violence in all its forms by any party, to the disarmament of armed groups for the extension of State authority throughout the territory and the start of a comprehensive national dialogue with the spectra of the opposition in Syria. '
The sanctuary, in a statement to the BBC, that the statement issued Sunday, on the task of'' an illustrative character, and that Syria is still committed to this plan and the Syrian army has a plan for implementation of the withdrawals of the areas returned to calm and the income of the Syrian army at the request of '' civilians.
He said,'' but to complete withdrawals and objectives according to the Annan plan, should be on the other side, and countries that support the armed opposition to provide the necessary guarantees, and a commitment to renounce violence in order not to be withdrawals opportunity for the return of terrorism to those areas instead of a return to normal life to it'', the words