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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 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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

The Afghan government says it will not release prisoners who want the Taliban in exchange for the release of Korean hostages informed in April Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman said that some prisoners who want to release in exchange for the Koreans are held in U. S. bases in Bagram. Taliban spokesman added that if their demands are not met, more hostages will be killed. ...

The leader of Iraq's Kurdish region warned of "a civil war" if the government fails to fulfill the constitutional provision relating to the future of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Control of the city and surrounding oil wealth is a dispute between Kurds, Arabs and ethnic Turks who inhabit it, informs April The conflict mainly comes from the Kurds, who want to join the city to its autonomous region in northern Iraq against the wishes of the Arabs who are the majority in the country and the Turks, who are a minority. ...

Mechanic aviation has sent threatening e-mail, it will blow up explosives on the basis of military aircraft of Utah in Salt Lake City and kill six hostages if the U. S. government did not withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, informed in April Five buildings in the area were evacuated, but FBI agents have established that the threat was false and no hostages. 39th Annual William Shifler was discovered and arrested. Mechanics is sent to prison where they will wait for their case. ...

The Taliban have killed the other 22 Korean hostages, although the deadline ending soon, informs Reuters. "I was awake all night and if the Taliban had killed someone, I know," said police chief of Ghazni province where the hostages were kidnapped. The Taliban gave a deadline of Wednesday night, the Afghan government to exchange the hostages for eight rebels who were serving sentences in prison. The deadline passed without the Taliban, however, to say nothing. "No, they killed one of the hostages and we are trying to renew negotiations with them," says police chief. ...

Only 20 percent of Serbs believe that Kosovo will remain within Serbia, the area has some autonomy, reports Belgrade newspaper "Danas". Data are from a poll of the Balkan Monitor site made in cooperation with the agency Gallup Europe. The survey was conducted this year in 9 Balkan countries. Respondents were 9464 people from 228 cities. More than 70% of Serbs are "for" entry of Serbia into the EU, which has the highest percentage in comparison with countries in the region that are not yet part of the EU. ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to reform movement "Fatah" after an internal investigation and sharp criticism of leaders who lost Gaza, AFP reported. Upon receipt of the report prepared by senior leaders of the movement and security services, Abbas said: "I assure you that we will use this report as it is and will fulfill all the recommendations in it. "Senior Advisor to the President Nabil Amr said that the report says security forces of" Fatah "in Gaza have been burdened by nepotism, they have crept hostile elements and had been weakened by the fact that they are recruiting new members, motivated to make a living rather than beliefs. ...

The authorities in Pristina welcomed the appointment of a mediator Wolfgang Ischinger, the EU in negotiations on Kosovo, AFP reported. Wizard of Kosovo Prime Minister Arben Chirezi said the government is ready to work with Ischinger on resolving the Kosovo status. EU High Representative for vaprisite foreign policy chief Javier Solana appointed 61-year-old Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, EU representative for the team that will conduct the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina on Kosovo's future. ...

At least 68 problems were registered by the French experts in the closed Japanese NPP "Kariva", AFP reported. Inspected in January French experts do not want to put into effect before the final remedial actions. Local authorities refused to restore the activity of the nuclear power plant, whose future at all is at stake. On Wednesday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) demanded the Japanese authorities to clarify the necessary transparency and firmness what happened in "Kariva" which is the largest nuclear power in the world. Japan Agency "Kyodo" quoted seismologists whereby shocks at the plant were significantly higher than was anticipated at her building Radioactive contamination of Japanese NPPs "Kariva" which suffered from the earthquake on Monday, more than originally announced, and the amount of damage from the quake continues to grow, agencies reported. ...