New post said Syrian blogger "Gay girl" is a hoax

A new post on the blog "A Gay girl in Damascus" which has been reported to belong to an American Syria women said Sunday that its dramatic history is, in fact, a hoax.

In a post titled "apology to readers," author "Tom macmaster" said that he is responsible for material on the site. The signed author of Istanbul, Turkey.

"Never expected this level of care," MacMaster wrote. "While it may have been fictional narrative voice, the facts in this blog are true and not misleading as regards the situation on the ground."

All previous posts, which began to appear in February, had been attributed to "Amina Abdallah," open Syria-American women, or his cousin, "rania ismail."

Abdallah reported on the blog that have been kidnapped last week and his alleged disappearance driven online campaigns demanding his release.

His story was picked up by international newsgroups, including CNN, making it an unlikely icon of the revolt of Syria.

CNN has not allowed Syria to cover the riots and is based on social media and interviews with witnesses on the ground reported to their reports.

Despite the title of the Sunday post, MacMaster wrote: "I do not think that I have harmed no one, I think that I have created a significant voice to issues that I think strongly about."

The claims made in the blog when CNN reported on the story of Adballah last week could not confirm. Calls to officials in Damascus and the Syria Embassy in London were unanswered and failed attempts to get in touch with his family.

Amnesty International recently said that he believes that they have killed more than 1,100 people - including 82 children - in Syria since a crackdown that began in mid-March. Many bloggers and journalists have been arrested, said rights groups.

Demonstrators face President Bashar al - Assad, whose family has ruled Syria for 41 years.

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Senior operative of Al-Qaeda killed in Somalia

A senior al Qaida operative in Eastern Africa, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, was killed at a checkpoint of Somalis in Mogadishu, officials from Kenya and United States told CNN Saturday.

Mohammed, a citizen of Kenya and Comoros, for a long time was sought in Somalia for his alleged involvement in the bombings of 1998 of the embassies of U.S. Kenya and Tanzania.

The Secretary of State for United States Hillary Clinton called for the death of Mohammed "a significant blow to Al Qaeda and its extremist allies operations in East Africa".

"It is a final right for a terrorist who brought so much death and pain to so many innocent people in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and elsewhere - Tanzanians, Kenyans, Somalis, others in the region and our own staff of the Embassy", said.

Mohammed was arrested at a roadblock by the forces of the Somali Transitional Government, but he quickly, causing the troops to shoot him, a senior official in neighboring Kenya, said.

"We commend the good work (Transitional Government)." Death of Fazul eliminates one of the most experienced operational planners of the terrorist group in East Africa and probably has back operations, said a high American official, who was not authorized to speak on the record.

Meanwhile, the Commander of the forces of the Somali Government confirmed that two men driving through a checkpoint in Mogadishu Southwest end Wednesday were killed when they opened fire on soldiers there.

One of the men was a foreigner and his identity was under investigation, said the general Abdikarin Dhega Badans.

Somalia, Abdirahman Omar Osman, information Minister confirmed on Saturday at CNN that Mohammed was one of the dead, describing it as a "great success" for his country's security forces.

But Osman said despite the success, Somalia needed "the support of the international community to defeat al - Shabab," referring to a group linked to Al Qaeda that controls much of the country.

A woman accompanying Mohammed was arrested after the shooting, according to sources from the Government of Somalia. The woman told authorities that men believed that they were crossing a checkpoint Al - Shabab, rather than a point of State control.

The sources said that the two men seemed to have modern weapons in his possession together with $40,000 in cash.

The bodies were then handed over to US authorities for testing DNA, the same sources.

United States Mohammed considered a senior al Qaida operative in East Africa, accusing him of being an architect of the Embassy bombing which killed 225 people.

U.S. officials also believe Mohammed was involved in the attacks in a hotel of Israeli property and the airliner in Kenya in 2002 and have offered a reward of up to $ 5 million for information leading to his capture or conviction.

The President of United States Barack Obama in national security adviser issued a statement Saturday calling for the death of Mohammed "another huge blow to Al Qaeda and its extremist allies".

John Brennan added that the death "provides a measure of Justice to many who have lost loved ones because of the actions of this terrorist".

In the past, Mohammed has managed to escape capture several times. He dodged a police raid of 2008 in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi. And in early 2007, an attack led by U.S. in Somalia did not kill him. In 2003, the Kenyan police also said that he escaped to the authorities.

In December 2007, the UN Security Council amended a list of suspects of Al-Qaeda 25 subject to sanctions, including Mohammed. Description of Mohammed offers numerous aliases and said that he "would have undergone surgery."

The description of the FBI said Mohammed was born in the Comoros Islands, which are to the East of Mozambique, and has used birth dates indicating that he was born in 1972 or 1974.Zain Verjee CNN and Ed Henry and journalist Mohammed Amiin Adow contributed to this report.

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Chile volcano ash clouds will prompted flight cancellations

A Chilean volcano ash clouds prompted numerous cancellations of flight in Australia and New Zealand on Sunday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

Volcán Puyehue - cordón Caulle of Chile broke out last week.

The Centre of Australian Advisory Volcanic Ash emitted briefings to aviation industry so that they can make decisions on air routes safe.

Australian national carrier Qantas canceled all flights from and to New Zealand, as well as the Australian State of Tasmania.

Qantas also announced that also have cancelled the Sunday night all flights to and from Melbourne.

In addition, members of Qantas Jetstar has cancelled more than 60 flights, leaving thousands of travelers stranded at airports in both countries.

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Qantas issued a statement saying that it will continue to monitor the movement of the cloud of ash and its impact on operations.

Australia Virgin said it will cancel two flights to New Zealand on Sunday, but it could accommodate passengers in hotels and will seek to reserve flights on Monday.

Air New Zealand took a different approach, saying no timeout delays or cancellations and adjust flight routes and altitudes as necessary.

"The ash has traveled a great distance at high altitude and still present in bands of different altitude between 20,000-35,000 feet," said captain David Morgan, a general manager at Air New Zealand.

"As a result, where you need aircraft will fly at an altitude lower than 18,000 feet are kept below the ashes or who run a course different from is clear of."

In 1982, a British Airways 747 Jumbo was heavily damaged and had all four engines fail when she met an Indonesian volcano ash.

The plane was able to restart some engines before making an emergency landing at Jakarta.

The geological survey of United States says that more than 80 airliners have found unexpectedly volcanic ash in flight and at airports in the past 15 years.

Ash by Jet engines can lead to a deterioration in the performance and the engine failure, said the Agency of the United States.

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Report: Military city Syria of storms

At least three people were killed in clashes, as Syrian forces increased in a Northwestern town on Sunday, State press reported.

Jisr al - Shugur was under heavy shelling as hundreds of military vehicles entered the city and helicopters hovered in the sky, said the Local committees for the coordination of Syria, a network of human rights activists.

A Syrian soldier was killed and four other soldiers wounded in the clashes, the Syrian State television reported Sunday. From Arabic Syria (healthy) state news agency said that two gunmen were killed, and "others" were arrested.

State television said this Sunday that drives military had entered Jisr al - Shugur, to "cleanse the national hospital of the elements of the armed gangs after defusing explosives and various devices of TNT that these bands were planted in the bridges and roads".

The Syrian Government accounts have contrasts sharply with reports from residents, who say that there is no "armed bands" Jisr al - Shugur.

State TV also said that on Sunday that the city authorities had found a mass grave containing bodies mutilated and beheaded by members of the security forces murdered by "armed gangs".

Regime of President Bashar al - Assad has consistently blamed gangs armed bloodshed, but activists and protesters say that the security forces have caused violence.

In a statement published on Sunday, the Secretary-General's report of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon condemned by Syria against civilians and expressed particular concern over violence in Jisr al - Shugur.

"The Syrian authorities have the obligation to protect its people and their rights respected."The use of military force against civilians is unacceptable, said the statement by the United Nations.

Many have fled "military offensive of the Syrian Government" Jisr al - Shugur, British Secretary of Foreign Affairs William Hague said in a statement condemning the violence on Sunday. In a previous interview, called on the Security Council of the United Nations to adopt a position.

"I think that it is high time that the Security Council to make a clear statement that we are defending, urging the Syrian Government to respond to the legitimate claims to free prisoners of conscience, to open access to the internet, and to cooperate with the United Nations High Commissioner on human rights" he told Sky News Sunday.

He said that he had tried to obtain support from the countries represented in the Council, but he noted that the perspective adopted a resolution "on a knife's edge" - particularly from members of the Council of the UN Security Lebanon is a close ally of Syria.

"Close interconnections between the Government of the Lebanon and the Government of Syria have made impossible to Lebanon to take a clear position on this," he told Sky News.

CNN has been able to confirm independently the accounts of the riots in Syria, as that has not been given access to the country by the Government of Syria.

On Friday the Syrian troops arrived at Jisr al - Shugur entries, in an operation "to restore the security and tranquillity in the area that is being terrorized by armed terrorist groups", it reported healthy.

The Syria Government announced that it will punish Jisr al - Shugur, after accusing the "armed groups" of killing at least 120 security forces several days ago.

HEALTHY on Sunday also reported that a police officer was killed and another was wounded Friday in clashes with "an armed terrorist group" in the province of Idlib. The Government news agency says detained Syrian army "snipers and terrorists" there on Saturday.

Police and gunmen also clashed on Friday in the Homs province, it said healthy.

While in the meantime, is the Lebanese Shi'a were militant group Hezbollah denied reports that has been involved in clashes in Syria, saying that you such accounts, rumors and "sectarian incitement".

Syrian refugees who had fled to Turkey have said some soldiers Syrians rebelled later was ordered to fire on unarmed demonstrators and instead began fighting each other.

The number of the Syrians flee to Turkey has climbed to 4,300, a Turkish official news agency reported Saturday.

A fourth refugee camp established on Sunday of Hamza Cisligi, about 100 meters (109 yards) from the border with Syria in Turkey, to take on Syrians who have fled the repression of the regime.

Halit Cevik, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs adjunto-Subsecretario Turkish for the Middle East, told the Anadolu news agency Saturday that Turkey has made preparations for more refugees.

"Turkey hosted great many numbers of guests in the past in their darkest hour of need." We can do it again, "Cevik said, according to Anadolu."

The Syrian human rights observatory said that at least 25 people were killed on Friday in several places, including 11 in the city of Maaret al - Nouman.

Amnesty International said last week that believes more than 1,100 people - including 82 children - have been killed in Syria since the crackdown began in mid-March. Arwa Damon CNN, Salma Abdul Aziz Saad Abedine contributed to this report.

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The security forces, gunmen fighting in Yemen; 21 dead

Deadly fighting between the Government of the Yemen forces and on Saturday blew up in a troubled province in the South to Al Qaeda.

Demonstrators took to the streets and demanded the creation of a provisional body to guide and shape the country's political transition.

Twenty-one members of Al-Qaeda and ten Yemeni soldiers have been killed in the Abyan province, Yemen, where the fight has struck on Saturday, State News Agency of Yemen informed.

Clashes between suspected militants and security forces have broken out in Lawdar and Zinjibar, cities in Abyan - a militant bastion with a presence of wing of the Al-Qaeda Yemen, reported SABA, quoting a military official.

Eighteen members of Al-Qaeda and nine soldiers were killed in Zinjibar and three militants and a soldier were killed in Lowdar, the report said. Dozens of people were injured.

"The heroes of the army and the security forces in the province of Abyan caused terrorist elements Al Qaeda heavy losses in lives and material after fierce clashes with the elements that began in the early hours of the morning and lasted several hours and ended with the murder of several of them and injuring many others", SABA reported.

An officer, Yemeni security, who has asked not be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media, told CNN that the Government of the Yemen carried out air strikes on positions in Lawdar believed to be held by Al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula.

The Government forces have been fighting Islamic militants who took the city of Zinjibar. We heard explosions and heavy gunfire through the city, and aircraft were seen flying overhead and carrying out air strikes, witnesses and residents said.

The military official quoted by SABA said that you forces military directed Yemeni a warehouse used by militants to store weapons and vehicles used by the combatants. The official said that the troops are working to locate the fighters of Al-Qaeda and "clean up the pockets and hiding places where the terrorists are present".

Yemen has been consumed with riots for months as demonstrators demanding the end of the State of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

In recent weeks, the Government troops have fought the tribal forces anti-Government militant Islamic, including Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula.

An Alliance of six Arab Nations in the Gulf, the Gulf Cooperation Council, has tried to negotiate a settlement of Government that would lead to the departure of Saleh, but that effort has so far been unsuccessful.

The demonstrations continued on Saturday as thousands of anti-government demonstrators took to the streets in Sana'a, Ta'iz and Ibb Hodeidah, said witnesses.

Witnesses said the demonstrators on Saturday called for the Vice President create a provisional Transitional Council to help the fashion of a political transition.

He accused the United States and the GCC to support the regime of Saleh and claimed the support of the youth revolution.

Anti-Government forces also criticized the opposition political parties and politicians to support the GCC agreement, which could lead to the departure of Saleh but give him immunity.

Khaled Al - Anesi, a prominent rights activist in Sanaa to, said that the United States and the international community should support the revolution of Yemen "as he did in Tunisia and Egypt if you want to Yemen to remain your partner in the future."

The chaos was intensified when Saleh and other senior officials were injured in an attack on June 3 in the mosque at the Presidential Palace.

Saleh and other senior officials wounded in the attack were to Saudi Arabia for treatment. A Government spokesman said Thursday Saleh was in good health and return to Yemen "in" days.Saad Abedine CNN contributed to this report.

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Turks expect results in the parliamentary elections crucial

The Party of the Prime Minister of Turkey ruler sailed to an easy victory in parliamentary elections Sunday, winning a third term in Office with 49.9% of the vote with 99.9% of the votes tallied.

However, marring the night, an unknown number of people were injured in a party after the elections.

For almost a decade, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics while it is defined also assertive new role in his country as a diplomatic and economic power in the region.

A campaign on his record of economic stability unprecedented and prosperity for nine years in power, Erdogan and his justice and development (AKP) managed to slightly increase its mandate. The AKP won 49.9% of the vote, an increase of almost 4 percentage points of performance of the party in the parliamentary elections of 2007.

"We are delighted after winning one of the votes of every two voters in the country", Erdogan said Sunday night.

In a victory speech from the balcony of the headquarters of his party in Ankara, Erdogan made a commitment to serve all Turks, irrespective of their ethnic origin or religious sect.

"To the Turkish nation, whether you voted for AKP, the true winner of the election of 2011 is Turkey," Erdogan, roared to a multitude of followers of assets.

"Nobody should have any doubt, if you voted for us or not, all beliefs and values and lifestyles are our pride."

"The obvious result is another big victory for the incumbent, the AKP," said Omer Taspinar, a Turkish political analyst with the Brookings Institution in Washington.

"People voted overall stability." The same rule in most democracies, "it's the economy, stupid". People vote on bread and butter issues. They vote according to their standard of living. The fact that Turkey economy grew by 9%. The fact that interest rates are low. People can borrow, you can move people. "Consumption is very high."

First Minister Erdogan added another feather of electoral victory to his Cap. But he fell short of capturing a majority of two thirds of the Parliament which would have allowed the AKP unilaterally rewrite the Constitution of Turkey. Erdogan has not hidden the fact that intends to rewrite the Constitution, a deeply flawed document drafted by a military junta that seized power in 1980.

And on the night of Sunday, Erdogan made it clear a new Constitution would remain a priority.

"The nation has given us the task of creating a new Constitution," he said. "We won't close the doors." Go to the opposition. "If they accept, we will sit down and work towards a consensus with civic groups, with parties outside the Parliament, with scholars."

The main opposition party, the Party (CHP the secular Republican people's Party) won 26% of the vote. It marked an increase of 5 percentage points on their performance in 2007. But he also fell from predictions by the staff of the CHP that the change of name of the party under new leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu would give rise to a great victory at the polls.

However, Kilicdaroglu declared victory during a brief speech after the elections to the supporters.

"Within" a short period that our party gained 3.5 million votes new, said. "We wish success AKP." But it should not be forgotten. "That there is a strong CHP now".

A big winner on Sunday was the peace and Democracy Party (BDP), most influential Kurdish nationalist party in the country. Young men yellow flags of BDP run around Istanbul in cars, celebrating the capture of the part of an additional 10 seats in the Parliament.

An explosion in a celebration of BoP after the elections in the southeastern city of Sirnak had wounded an unknown number of people on Sunday night. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known.

The party had captured an additional 10 seats in the Parliament.

Turkey still bears the scars of a guerrilla war long between the Kurdish separatist guerrillas and the Turkish State. More than 30,000 people have died since the conflict broke out in the 1980s.

"We have a very difficult ahead challenge with the Kurds," said Brookings Taspinar. "They have great expectations." They really want radical reform. The new Constitution should reflect a different Kurdish citizens understanding.

After polls closed on Sunday, clashes broke out in the predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir. A municipal government official, speaking to CNN on condition of anonymity, confirmed reports that police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse Kurdish youths hurling firecrackers and petrol bombs.

In his speech of victory, Erdogan had been directed to the Kurds, the largest ethnic minority - and oppressed by the long - Turkey.

"We will work harder to end the mothers crying and put an end to the bloodshed," he said. "It ended with the policies of assimilation... we say peace, freedom and democracy in the region."

Erdogan and the first AKP came to power in 2002, when the party won 34 percent of the vote, put an end to years of Government coalition weak and prone to crisis.

The party won a much more strong mandate in the 2007 parliamentary elections, capturing 47% of the votes.

In the run-up to the election on Sunday, Erdogan unveiled graduates ambitious plans "Turkey 2023", which included digging a channel through Istanbul from the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea, which would be parallel to the Strait of Bosporus.

Despite the obvious flaws, messy democracy of Turkey and its booming economy are an inspiration for many in the turbulent Middle East.

During the height of the revolution of February in the Tahrir square in Cairo, many Egyptians brought to Turkey as a possible model for the future democratic development.

And more than 5,000 Syrians had fled across the border to Turkey in recent days to escape a brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters by Syrian President Bashar al - Assad.

One of the greatest hits of the era of Erdogan in Turkey has been the affirmation of civilian control over the army once intrusive, that ousted four elected Governments in 50 years. CNN Joe Duran and Jeremiah Bailey-Hoover contributed to this report.

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NATO said that sentiment anti-Gadhafi is growing in Libya

Seven people were killed Sunday in fighting in the city of Dafniya, Libya, near the besieged city of Misrata, according to a spokesman for the hospital.

The deaths include one woman died when a Grad rocket landed in their House, said Khaled Abu Falgha of the hospital in Misrata Hekma.

Elsewhere, 15 rebels and forces of Gadhafi around 100 were killed Sunday in fighting in the wall, according to Ahmed Al-Hawary, spokesman for the rebels in the wall.

Dafniya was quiet Sunday night, said Ibrahim Beit-elmal, a spokesman of the military Commission of Misrata. On the South front of Abdul Rauf, the rebels were able to capture 10 forces Gadhafi and some vehicles following an ambush was set up for them, he said.

Also on Sunday, rebels in Misrata released a paper claim that it is a battle plan confiscated last month of the forces loyal to his Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

CNN won the 15-page document, entitled, in part: "Battle plan to clean up the city of Misrata militant gangs" of rebels in the city on Sunday. The "top secret" words is written at the top of each page. The name of the son of Gadhafi, Khamis Muammar Gadhafi, appears on page 10 as Commander of the theater.

CNN could not independently verify the authenticity of the document. The rebels said that it was confiscated from an officer of high rank near Misrata between May 18 and may 20.

"This document was very useful, but only for a short period of time because as soon as brigades of Gadhafi discovered that we have confiscated, they tried to change their plans," said Abdallah Al - Kabeir, a rebel spokesman.

The documents said Misrata is being "attacked from six different directions with 11,350 fighters, 4,000 of which are organized troops, (volunteers from the rest)." "The six directions cover the East and South."

The "mission" is stated as: "to destroy mercenary elements and mislead young people in Misrata with nine brigades." ..."

Al - Kabeir, called parts of the document "exaggerated".

"I think that the number of troops and equipment referred to in the document is definitely exaggerated because they wanted to raise the low morale of his soldiers". "Also, our intelligence on the ground indicated that Gadhafi forces are far less people than said this document".

The Libya Government has not recognized the document.

Ibrahim Musa Government spokesman told reporters on Sunday to rebel reports were gaining control of some areas were incorrect, although he said "pockets of violence".

About 130 miles (209 km) East of Tripoli, Misrata has been the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting in the civil war in Libya.

Since the conflict began in early February, the number of dead is believed that more than 1,000 people in Misrata, including hundreds of civilians, Dr. Khaled Abu Falgha, a spokesman for the hospital in Misrata Hekma, said earlier this month. In April, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tim Hetherington and photojournalist Chris Hondros were murdered in Misrata.

The city has been besieged for months the troops of Gadhafi, who have cut off all acesss of Earth, leaving the sea as the only way of escape. On 11 may, the rebels said that they seized the airport in Misrata. Heavy bombing reported in Misrata in recent days as Gadhafi forces waging a campaign to seize the city of round.

Ibrahim said that the Sunday shelling from the sea and the air were the only thing that prevents that the forces of Gadhafi declaring victory in Misrata.

NATO said in a statement Sunday that guided weapons of precision strike "a technical vehicle, a tank, an armoured vehicle and a multiple rocket launchers" were used in Misrata.

The organization said that the feeling anti-Gadhafi "is increasing in Libya as a growing number of Libyans demands the right to choose their own future." Citizens were legitimacy of Gadhafi openly challenging the northwest coast of the nation between Tripoli and the border with Tunisia, he said. NATO said was "closely monitoring the situation and is taking the necessary measures to protect civilians."

The Sunday before, to the East of Tripoli, a vehicle armoured with anti-aircraft guns was beaten "as he moved to threaten civilians," said the NATO.

The UAE on Sunday became the latest country to recognize the National Council of Libya transition "as the sole representative of the people of Libya", said the State WAM news agency.

There have been numerous calls for Gadhafi to resign, but Ibrahim said on Sunday, "nobody has the right to ask any citizen, much less the honorable leader, to leave." Libyans must ask the leader left. "A diplomat who is immoral".Sara Sidner CNN, Jenifer Fenton, Amir Ahmed and Raja Razek contributed to this report.

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