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السبت، 7 أبريل 2012

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UN: Civilian journalist filming protest in Bahrain shot dead
Malawian President Mutharika dies after heart attack
NATO oil tanker crashes into van in Afghanistan, killing 7
Mexico: 14 sugarcane workers killed in Jalisco truck accident
Navy Commander Provides Statement on F-18 Crash

UN: Civilian journalist filming protest in Bahrain shot dead

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 02:34 AM PDT

NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) on Friday called on Bahraini authorities to investigate the death of a citizen journalist who was killed late last month while filming a demonstration.

On March 31, Ahmed Ismael Hassan AlSamadi, 22, was filming the crackdown of security forces on a demonstration in the village of Salmabad, southwest of the capital of Bahrain, Manama, when he was fatally shot.

According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Reporters Without Borders, the Interior Ministry confirmed AlSamadi's death, who regularly filmed and took photographs during demonstrations, a few hours after his arrival to the hospital.

Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova underlined that the basic human right of freedom of expression and the freedom of journalists and citizen journalists to cover events are "essential for any society that wants to uphold the principles of democracy and rule of law."

"I welcome reports that the authorities' intend to launch an inquiry into this serious event and trust that the culprits will be brought to justice," Bokova said.

Last month, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) voiced concern over the alleged excessive use of force against protesters, including teargas and rubber bullets, by security forces in the country and called on the Government to investigate the reports.

Renewed clashes in Bahrain between security forces and demonstrators broke out in February, only a year after widespread civil protests first emerged in the country – similar to those seen in the wider Arab Spring movement that led to the toppling of regimes in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen and has led to deadly fighting and humanitarian suffering in Syria.

Malawian President Mutharika dies after heart attack

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 02:30 AM PDT

LILONGWE, MALAWI (BNO NEWS) -- Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika died after experiencing a heart attack on Thursday, the government confirmed on Saturday. He was 78.

Following the heart attack, Mutharika had been reported in a critical condition after being taken to a hospital in the Malawian capital of Lilongwe. The exact time of death was not immediately known, as government officials gave conflicting reports about his condition until Saturday.

Malawian Vice-President Joyce Banda is set to be sworn in as the country's new leader. Some members of the ruling party had reportedly tried to change the constitution in order to avoid Banda becoming president, but she is expected to take over until the end of the presidential term in 2014.

Local media reports said Mutharika's body has been flown out to South Africa, where he could have received specialized medical treatment, although the exact location of his remains is unknown.

Mutharika, of Thyolo, in the southern region of Malawi, was first elected president in May 2004 and was later re-elected in the 2009 presidential elections.

NATO oil tanker crashes into van in Afghanistan, killing 7

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 02:26 AM PDT

KANDAHAR CITY, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven people were killed on early Friday morning when a NATO oil tanker truck crashed into a passenger van in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday.

The accident occurred on Friday at around 9 a.m. local time when the NATO fuel tanker crashed into a passenger van on the Kandahar-Herat highway in the Sra Qala area of Panjwai district in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province.

Governor spokesman Javed Faisal told Pajhwok Afghan News that the impact caused a fire to break out on both the NATO tanker and the passenger vehicle, which was traveling from Kandahar City to Panjwai. Seven passengers were killed, including two women, while three others were reported injured.

According to district police chief Colonel Sadar Mohammed Nazari, the driver of the truck was speeding when he lost control and hit the passenger van.

Mexico: 14 sugarcane workers killed in Jalisco truck accident

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 02:23 AM PDT

GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (BNO NEWS) -- A large cargo truck carrying several workers crashed in western Mexico on Thursday, killing at least fourteen people and injuring several others, local authorities said on late Friday.

The three-ton heavy cargo truck crashed on a highway in the municipality of Ahualulco de Mercado in Jalisco Valley region of Jalisco state. Alhy Daniel Nuñez Quiros, the Mexican Red Cross coordinator in Guadalajara, the state capital, said there were 23 sugarcane workers on board the truck at the time of the accident.

The cause of the accident, in which the truck flipped over before crashing into a tree, was not immediately known. Quiros said eleven workers died at the scene, while emergency teams rushed several others to nearby hospitals. Three of the victims later succumbed to their wounds, raising the death toll to fourteen.

Two of the surviving nine workers were reported to be in a critical condition at National Mexican Social Security's Western Medical Center in Guadalajara, where they were brought to by a state Civil Protection helicopter.

Navy Commander Provides Statement on F-18 Crash

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 10:00 PM PDT

A senior Navy officer expressed his concern for the community and thanked emergency responders following the crash in Virginia Beach, Va., of a two-seater F/A-18D Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106.

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