Afghans Protest Ahead of Invasion Anniversary

About 200 people demonstrated in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. Thursday, chanting anti-American slogans ahead of the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion.

The protesters shouted "death to America and its Afghan puppets" and torched a United States flag at the end of their peaceful march through the city centre, an AFP reporter at the scene said.

"Our demonstration is to condemn the invasion," Hafizullah Rasekh, one of the organisers, said.

"We want the US military and their NATO allies to leave Afghanistan immediately. We want them to stop killing innocent Afghans."

A female protestor, Jamila, who said she was a housewife and refused to give her last name, added: "I don't see any difference between the atrocities of the Taliban and the Americans. Both are killing innocent people."

Friday marks the tenth anniversary of the US-led invasion which ousted the militant Islamist Taliban from power.

The Taliban are now leaders of a bloody insurgency in Afghanistan where 140,000 foreign troops, mostly from the US, are based.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says it does all it can to limit civilian casualties in operations -- the issue is highly controversial and incidents resulting in civilian deaths have been repeatedly condemned by President Hamid Karzai.

The United Nations says 1,462 civilians were killed in the first half of this year and insurgents were responsible for 80 percent of the deaths.

Cost of Britain's Libya operation 'could run into hundreds of millions'

Danny Alexander said the campaign was currently costing the taxpayer "tens of millions" but spending would rise as operations continued.

When military strikes against Colonel Gaddafi's forces began in March, George Osborne, the chancellor told the House of Commons that Britain's involvement would cost "in the order of tens of millions of pounds, not hundreds of millions".

Mr Alexander however told Sky News: "The campaign is costing tens of millions, potentially into the hundreds of millions as it goes on, but that money is coming from the reserve that we have set aside, precisely for contingencies such as this.

"It doesn't have an effect on any other spending, on any other public services. Of course there is a very powerful moral case for the action we are taking in Libya, it's right that we find those resources precisely from the contingency reserve that we have."

He added that he did not have the precise figures on the cost of operations.

Mr Alexander continued: "It's right that the United Kingdom is playing a leading role to protect Libyan civilians from the appalling activities of the Libyan government and to take that country, we hope, to a better future."

Jim Murphy, the shadow defence secretary, said: "It is worrying that Danny Alexander seems to be guessing about current costs, which are dramatically more than George Osborne originally predicted.

"We support the mission in Libya but the Government need to be clearer on the costs."

Meanwhile it was claimed yesterday Barack Obama ignored the advice of top lawyers in the US defence and justice departments when he decided he had the legal authority to continue the US military participation in Libya without the authorisation of Congress, according to officials, instead taking advice from White House counsel.

Republicans have demanded Mr Obama justify the ongoing military involvement and warned he may have exceeded his authority by unilaterally approving military operations.

The Rebels Controlled the Oil City of Libya

The rebels are opposed to the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi yesterday seized the oil city. The strength of the rebel groups rose after they captured the city of another oil, Brega in the east of the military Gaddafi of Libya. Brega and Ras Lanuf city produces a large amount of crude oil of 1.5 million barrels a day is exported every day Libya. But the country's oil exports ceased on February 15 following the actions of protesters who opposed the Gaddafi.

Members of the rebels are now on the way to recapture some of the troops left by Gaddafi. The success of the rebel group that helped the Western military air attack led the United States (U.S.) to enforce the flight ban on Libya zone. On Saturday, the rebels captured the town Ajdabiyah. "No more soldiers here Gaddafi. We control the whole city," said a member of the rebels, Youssef Ahmed, 22, in Jawad Bin city, 525 kilometers east of the city of Tripoli.

A Reuters reporter saw more than 12 trucks filled with machine guns in the city center Jawad Bin. According to the rebels, troops loyal to roots that Gaddafi has retreated. Insurgents now planning to move to the east of Sirte on the Mediterranean that are considered strong holds Gaddafi. So far, Gaddafi still has not made ​​his appearance after giving a speech to the people in Tripoli last week.

NATO Took Over Military Operations in Libya

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) agreed to take over military operations in Libya, NATO officials and diplomats said today.

"NATO has decided to implement all the laws set by the United Nations (UN) to protect the public and the territory from any threat, Muammar Gaddafi regime," the NATO official said after a meeting with 28 members of allied countries.

Consequently, NATO has the mandate to regulate and determine the movement of military operations.

Nuclear's Worker Told to Move

Japanese authorities issue of workers from the nuclear reactor power plants Fuskuhima Daiichi damaged after detecting an increase of radiation.

The management company Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), which operates the state power plants, radiation levels in the water in the plant's second reactor is more than an hour milisievert 1.000 compared with the national safety standard that is only 250 milisievert year.

U.S. Security Protection Agency states millisievert of radiation of1.000 was enough to cause bleeding in the human body.

TEPCO officials said the workers were removed from the reactor turbine building number two, to prevent their contact with harmful radiation.

The workers had previously tried to pump out the water in the reactor containing the radioactive material.

Syria has Become More Volatile

More than 100 people were killed after members of the armed police opened fire on a group of protesters in the city Daraa, southern Syria on Saturday, according to several witnesses and human rights activists yesterday. Human rights activists in Daraa, Ayman al-Asswad said, security personnel using live ammunition when shooting at the demonstrators in the city, located 120 kilometers south of Damascus. "The mortality has been identified more than 100 people and residents in this city take about a week to bury the martyrs," he said when contacted by telephone yesterday. Another activist put the death toll higher number of 150 deaths.

However, different things are reported by the Syrian authorities, when only 10 people who died. Daraa city with a population of 75,000 people has been a stronghold of anti-government protests since March 18 last. Meanwhile, thousands of people shouting freedom in this city during the funeral of nine anti-government protesters held. Actions of the protesters objected to the government, led by the Baath Party which has close ties with Shiite leaders in Iran.

The city is inhabited by people of many faiths are Sunni. United States also condemned the killings in the city. Following the protest, Syria will make some important decisions. The announcement was made by an adviser to Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad after anti-government demonstrations occurred since last week.

The protesters wanted Bashar resigns. The claim was made after Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to resign as President of Tunisia in January and follow the same Hosni Mubarak in Egypt due to the rise of the people. Bashar became president in 2002 to succeed his father, who died, Hafez al-Assad.

Tripoli was attacked Western military

Several explosions and gun fire rocked the cities of anti-aircraft yesterday when the Western military attack on the sixth day.

The attack came after the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi appeared to show he is still alive despite the Western forces led by the United States (U.S.), Britain and France launched an attack onSaturday.

The attack was made ​​to enforce the flight ban zones approved by the United Nations (UN) last week.

Zoning flight ban was enforced to prevent the military attack on Gaddafi civilians.

However, the Libyan government claims that Western military attack resulted in 18 soldiers and civilians were killed.

According to the U.S. military yesterday, the Western allied forces have released 14 Tomahawk missiles firing on security forces overnight Gaddafi.

A spokesman for the U.S. government in Central Africa in the German states, the countries that participated in the attack were also dropped bombs on several targets in Libya.

ABC's network television stations reported the news yesterday that a French fighter jet shot down a Libyan war planes Misrata city.

The airplane was charged with disobeying the ban fly zone enforced by the UN.

Since the U.S. led coalition forces launched the enforcement offlight restriction zones in Libya last week, more than 175 missiles bombarded Tomahawak in Libya.

Three workers exposed to high radiation radiation

A total of three workers at the reactor plant No.3 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan exposed to high radiation, two of whom were hospitalized, reported Japan's nuclear safety agency yesterday.

This plant was previously damaged the cooling system due to strong shaking of an earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scaleon March 11 last.

A spokesman for the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (Nisa), said the three workers who are installing the cable in the turbine building basement high exposure to radiation between 170 to 180milisievert.

"Two of the workers had been sent to a hospital after they were found in a puddles of water, although they were wearing radiation protective clothing has been contaminated but water is absorbed into the legs and they are exposed to radiation," he said.

Exposure of 100 milisieverts each year can be considered low, but the evidence suggests that number could still increase the risk of cancer.

"Direct exposure to radiation can cause inflammation and therefore, they continue to be sent to hospital for treatment," says the spokesperson said.

Each employee is working with a subsidiary of power plant operators Fukushima Daiichi, Tokyo Electronic Power Co.company. (TEPCO), which is located 250 kilometers from Tokyo.

According to TEPCO, a total of 14 workers were exposed to radiation at least at the level of 100 milisieverts.

Meanwhile, the number of deaths and missing due to a strong earthquake in northeastern Japan resulting tsunami rose more than 27.000 people yesterday.

Japanese police state 9.811 17.541 people were confirmed killed and another was found missing.