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The Taliban offered to release two of the 21 South Korean hostages. Against that Islamists seek release from prison the same number of women sympathetic to the movement "Taliban" news agency reported, citing one of the spokesmen of the movement Kari Yusuf Ahmadi. We do not know how many women movement "Taliban" were imprisoned in Afghanistan, Kabul, but if you play them, we will release as much of the hostages, Ahmadi said the agency Renhap. He stated that just arestantkite simapitizirat the Taliban and were convicted that they provide food and shelter. Recall by abductees on July 19, 23 South Korean nationals, two were already dead. ...

The sector has exploded Gaza blast that killed a 6-year-old girl and five people were injured, said the agency "Novosti". The incident occurred in the village of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. At present the cause of the explosion is unknown. ...

The apartment from which 4-year old Madeleine was kidnapped, found traces of blood, police say. Recall implies that Madeleine was abducted on May 3 by the English family rented an apartment in the Portuguese Algarve resort. Parents left their children to sleep in the apartment until dinner nearby and when they returned, Madeleine was gone. Will be made tests of suspected traces of blood found in the apartment where Madeleine was at last seen. Traces were found during a search of British consequently dog ​​in an apartment rented by the McCann family. ...

Roadside bombs killed four U. S. soldiers near Baghdad, AP reported. Three Marines were killed Saturday south of Baghdad after a roadside bomb hit their convoy. It said in a statement the U. S. military, not to mention more details. A soldier from the multinational forces in Iraq was killed and another was injured when the truck in which they ride was hit by an explosive designed for armored cars. U. S. military accuses Iran of providing weapons to Shiite extremists for attacks on U. S. forces. Tehran denies the allegations. ...

35 Taliban insurgents and six policemen were killed in armed conflict in Afghanistan, AFP informs. The U. S. military killed more than 20 insurgents who have attacked their base in Afghanistan. "About two dozen insurgents were killed in the clash," says Afghan soldier. Four of those killed were civilians, including two girls under 12 years. ...

The meeting of the Contact Group for Kosovo will be held on 9 August in London, said Russian Foreign Ministry. Consultations will take place at the level of experts. The parties agreed to reopen the negotiation process within the Contact Group, which includes Russia, Britain, Germany, Italy, USA and France. The work on the resolution on Kosovo in the Security Council of the United Nations on the Ahtisaari plan was terminated on July 20 because of a resolute opposition to Russia. ...

With the planned reduction of British forces from Basra, Shiite militias have intensified struggle among themselves for political supremacy and control over oil resources in southern Iraq, warned the newspaper "Washington Post". Three major Shiite political groups are involved in bloody conflict, which resulted in the city is in the hands of militias and criminal gangs are increasingly mixed with political factions, shows a new report released by the International Crisis Group. ...

Six Russians taken more than two months as hostages in the volatile southern regions of Nigeria were released yesterday of freedom from his captors, officials said. They are employees of the Russian company Rusal aluminum industry. The six were kidnapped from their homes in the city Ikotech Abbasi on June 3. ...

Fires in Italy claimed the lives of the seventh person, police said. The body of 80-year-old man was found near Foggia, in the Italian region of Puglia, where fire has resumed over the weekend. There fiery storm began to approach an area with low vegetation to forest. ...

Two Hamas militants were killed in an armed confrontation with Israeli soldiers in Gaza. The rebels were pursued by the military on Palestinian territory and after them is an open fire. ...

The Taliban announced today that a man killed by South Korean citizens who hold hostage, officials CNN. The Taliban accused the Afghan government that has not listened to their demands. "Shoot a man, because the government does not hear our demands," said Reuters by telephone Taliban spokesman Ahmadi Yucef Carrie. Earlier today, the kidnappers and the government resumed negotiations for the release of 22 hostages Mata, who reportedly were still alive, although the two terms, which gave the rebels to carry out their demands, have expired. ...

The Taliban announced the ultimate limit for their demands. If by tomorrow - August 1, 10. 30 (local time) the Kabul government does not respond positively to the release of their arrested followers, then the Taliban would start killing the abducted 21 South Koreans. We remind the group hostage has killed two people, Foreign Ministry of South Korea confirmed the killing of 29-year-old Saint Sim Ming and the police n Afghanistan said they found him with bullets inadupchenoto body. ...

From 1 August in Ankara introduces water regime. The reason for the decline in system water level in reservoirs in the area, informed BNR. The city is divided into two zones, which will alternate with two days of stopping the water. It is envisaged that the scheme to continue for five months. ...

New video disproves rayless now known reason for the tragedy in Beslan that killed 300 people, half of them - children. By the Committee "Mothers of Beslan" claim that the record refutes that the tragedy was caused by explosion of a bomb located inside the school and it happened by fire on the building's security forces. The head of the rebel, Susanna Dudiueva, adds new information that proves her theory that the tragedy began when security forces fired two grenades, which caused a fire in the gymnasium of the school, subsequently enlarged in the building. ...

Afghan police found the body of the second South Korean killed by the Taliban, AP citing official sources. The Taliban said it killed the hostage because the Afghan government has freed from prison Taliban insurgents. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera television showed footage of seven women yuzhnokoreyki held hostage. Body of slain man found near a road in the village near Calais Ariza andartes, about six miles west of Ghazni city. Foreign Ministry of South Korea has confirmed that the body was discovered on 29-year-old South Korean, the second South Korean killed by Taliban citizen. ...