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Security forces opened fire Tuesday at Baida, a village near the city of Banias in northwestern Syria, besieged by the army for three days and completely cut off from the outside after bloody clashes last weekend.

Security forces and gunmen fired indiscriminately at Baida, according to a witness. "There is a hail of gunfire in Baida" and at least two people were injured, one witness told AFP.

"The security forces entered the village and conducted house searches. Several men were arrested," he added. "The target is probably Anas al Shuhri stop," one of the leaders of the protest movement, said a human rights activist.

Syria is the scene of a protest movement against the power from 15 March. Clashes left, witnesses said, a thirty deaths, especially in Deraa (southwest) and Banias, between Friday and Sunday, despite promises of reform of the regime of Bashar Al Asad.

A Facebook page launched a call to rally on Tuesday in Syria in a day of "loyalty to the martyrs, the wounded and prisoners." "The police and army remain near Banias, and we know what we prepare. There is a shortage of bread in the city, electricity is cut off and most of the time they are also telephone lines, said on Tuesday Anas Al Shuhri AFP.

According to Yasser, a witness, "are the security forces who killed Banias military because they refused to attack the city." On Sunday, security forces opened fire, especially in front of mosques in Banias, killing at least four dead and 17 wounded.

The official SANA agency said in turn that ambushed a military convoy on a road had caused nine deaths Banias. The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Syrian security forces have prevented medical personnel who care for the injured demonstrators in at least two Syrian towns.

The authorities, meanwhile, reacted harshly to the growing protests, and accused "provocateurs" of trying to fuel the discord. On 9 April, the Interior Ministry expressed its determination to "confront" armed groups "shot without discrimination" against both protesters and against the security forces.

Official media reported on Tuesday for those who cause "unrest, disorder and discord (...) at a time when Syria began to solve problems and act for change and reform."

The apparent abduction of a pen with which the Czech president, Vaclav Klaus signed a bilateral agreement with his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Pinera has become one of the most watched videos on Youtube.

Klaus visited Chile in early April and signed a cooperation agreement Piñera tourist in one of the halls of the Palacio de La Moneda, the seat of government, subject to a joint press conference with reporters, cameramen and photographers, local and foreign.

While Piñera greets the press before discussing the matters discussed with his guest, Klaus sees open a case and make a stylish pen.

After observing for a few seconds, Klaus-low with his right hand which holds the pen-and hides under the table. Then it looks like the left hand inserted into the pocket of the same side to finally close his jacket. Klaus then placed both hands on the desktop, but does not get to see the pen, which was apparently one of his pockets. Finally, the Czech president closes the case, empty.

The video was broadcast by Czech Television at the weekend and then uploaded to YouTube.

To sign agreements and other documents between the president and his foreign colleagues, it is traditional to locate a pen on the desk where the subscription is made.

Relatives of Brazilian victims of the tragedy of May 31, 2009 expect a more direct government intervention to gain access to content analysis of black boxes.
The French authorities have already located the black box of the Airbus A330-200 Air France which fell into the sea in 2009 while traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris with 228 people aboard, said today the president of the Association of Families and Victims Brazilian AF447 flight, Nelson Faria Marinho.

Told the UOL news website, Marinho said the French search team found earlier this month remains of the plane crash at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean also placed black boxes on the tail of the aircraft, reported DPA.

The Brazilian, whose son is among the 228 victims of fatal accident in Paris participated in a meeting with French government officials and directors of Air France, which insisted on the demand of the relatives to have representatives on the team that will attempt recover the remains of Airbus in a deal that probably will begin next May.

Marinho also claim that if the black boxes are recovered, the content is not analyzed in France, the headquarters of Air France and Airbus, but in the U.S., but says it faces strong resistance from Paris.

"The French government denied the presence of an observer of the family association to accompany the search and rescue of the damage, claiming that the French court will not allow it," he said.

Relatives of Brazilian victims of the tragedy of May 31, 2009 expect a more direct government intervention to gain access to content analysis of black boxes, and to this end Marinho requested an audience with President Dilma Rousseff.

"The Brazilian government supports us, but still made no official statement about this, and the French government takes advantage of this to carry black boxes to France," he said.

As announced last week the French authority in charge of investigations into the accident (BEA), Airbus remains were found on 3 April in the Atlantic Ocean in an area that had been traced to no avail after the accident.

The plane left Rio de Janeiro on the night of May 31, 2009 for Paris and plunged into the ocean for reasons not yet determined some 1,500 kilometers northeast of the port of Recife. Searches performed until now had only managed to recover scattered pieces of the plane and about 50 corpses.

The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, today concluded his first official visit to Spain by inviting businessmen to invest in Colombia, which aims to become a "country boring, predictable and clear game rules and stable" for business .

Santos also said in Madrid that his main priority is the advancement of social indicators, "less poverty and greater equity, reducing extreme poverty to less than 9 percent and reducing the" shameful "social imbalances.

In his second and final day official visit to Spain, the Colombian president had a meeting with the heads of some major Spanish companies, Repsol, CAF, Endesa, Cepsa, Sol Meliá, OHL, Iberia or FCC Construcciones, and then intervened in the New Economy Forum.

Santos encouraged the entrepreneurs to invest in major infrastructure development in his country, he said, wants "to grow at high rates and take a leap to development."

To do Colombia, which is expected to grow this year by 5 percent, has launched a development plan that "paves the way to be more attractive for investment," he said.

Spain, the second largest investor in Colombia after the U.S., devoted South American country in 2010 to 420 million euros in exports, while exports from Colombia to Spain amounted to 475 million euros.

He noted that Asia and Latin America are becoming the new engines of global growth and in this regard, said Colombia develops in the region a "paper hinge" between the two major poles of growth, Mexico and Brazil, with the aim of be more dynamic and attract more foreign investment.

The president identified "five engines" that should boost the national economy and that also contain an investment attraction for Spanish companies: housing, agribusiness, energy and mining, innovation and infrastructure.

The chairman of BBVA, Francisco González, praised in the New Economy Forum Santos policy and stressed that Colombia is "a premier destination for investors."

Thus, in order to invest in his country, Colombian President stressed that security "is no longer the primary concern" that prevented Colombia for years progressed.

Warned that although Colombia is not "even in paradise" as the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have not been defeated, they valued the democratic security policy launched by the previous government of President Alvaro Uribe and he added: "We're winning."

Although in the past eight months have added to the agenda priority areas, there are three pillars of its current government and that as they were for Uribe: democratic security, investment trust and social cohesion.

"These are issues that my Government continues and strengthens and added some ingredients to make these policies more successful," he said, before insisting that his country "is moving forward with legitimacy" to come to Colombia to have a "peaceful."

Development Minister of Spain Jose Blanco will lead a delegation traveling to Colombia next June to explore the possibilities of participating in the development of major infrastructure projects.

During his visit to Madrid, Santos also spoke of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and the improvement of relations between two rules: "Tell us all things with openness and respect differences."

"If we respect the differences we can work together on what we agree for the good of our peoples," he said.

In addition, Santos also said that there are no FARC camps in Venezuela. "There are not. We have found that these camps are not," he said.

Another political issues that emerged during this visit was investigating an alleged link between ETA Spanish Justice and the FARC, which, in its view, "is proven."

Santos, who is leaving today to travel to Madrid to Berlin last leg of his European tour, is leaving the Spanish capital satisfied with the official visit, which has held meetings with King Juan Carlos and the Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

Russian experts are working with Belarus to search for clues at the station where the detonation occurred. Also come from Israel today, a team of specialists in explosives.
The Belarusian authorities have arrested several suspects in connection with the bombing on Monday in Minsk metro, but are still looking for two others, one of them a non-Slavic-looking young man, police said.

"Many people" have been arrested, but none has confessed, said Deputy Attorney General Andrei Shved reporters from the scene of the attack, the agency said Bélap, DPA reported.

Monday's attack in the central Oktiabrskaya subway station killed at least 12 dead and 204 injured. Of the 126 people still in hospital, 22 in serious condition, according to Health Minister Vasiliy Zharko. There are also Russian citizens among the victims.

Russian experts are working with Belarus to search for clues at the station where the detonation occurred. Also come from Israel today, a team of specialists in explosives.

There are conflicting reports about the materials used in the pump, as some officials spoke trotyl and other explosive powder. The device, which exploded when there were about 300 people at the station, had pieces of metal and needles to cause more damage.

Police said the blast was equivalent to the use of five to seven kilos of TNT.

The police distributed composites of two men suspected. One of them shows a twentysomething with a knit cap. Police described it as probably "Caucasian nationality"-an appellation common among Russian forces suggests that it could be Georgian, Azeri, Armenian and Chechen.

Shved Deputy Prosecutor sought the assistance of the population to find the two suspects. The target was to destabilize the country, according Shved.

The government promised the families of the victims compensation of about 6,900 euros (almost $ 10,000).

Prosecutors classified the case as a terrorist attack. So far Belarus was considered a possible target in this regard.

President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the KGB secret service to "turn the country upside down" to find those behind the attack.

Analysts of the political situation in Belarus believe that Lukashenko, dubbed "Europe's last dictator" could use the terrorist attack as a pretext to further increase internal repression. In this context, some opponents even expressed the suspicion that the regime was involved in the attack.

"The attack benefit those who want to impose a state of emergency in the country and away from Western Belarus, as well as those who defame the opposition," said former opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich.

Belarusian opposition many are imprisoned or under arrest domiliciario live. Some of the opposition drigentes fled abroad after the regime stifle the protests against alleged fraud in presidential elections last December.

The bomb was set off by remote control, according to Belarusian Interior Minister Anatoly Kuleshov. The explosive was placed under a seat Oktiabrskaya platform.

Near the site is also the residence of Lukashenko. So far it has managed to identify nine victims.

The President ordered a review of all military stores in the country to check for missing explosives and intensified border controls.

Russia sent its experts FSB secret service to help in investigations, as well as doctors. Tomorrow will be a day of mourning for the victims.

Belarusian state television showed large numbers of people putting flowers and candles at the entrance to the subway station. Some wept. "It's terrible," said one student.

In Brussels, which has a tense relationship with Minsk since the crackdown against opposition leaders denouncing fraud in presidential elections last December, the foreign policy representative, Catherine Ashton, said it "deeply regrets" the attack.

A bomb also exploded Independence Day in Minsk in July 2008, causing 50 casualties. The KGB then arrested four suspected members of the White Legion nationalist illegal organization suspected of terrorism, but the case was never resolved.