* Resist The rebel groups are entrenched in Benghazi Tripoli
* Freed journalists AFP and GETTY Gadhafi
* Ensure that emerge victorious
TRIPOLI .- On the fourth day of the bombing of Muammar Qaddafi's regime, rebel groups are entrenched in the eastern city of Benghazi for the final assault against forces loyal to the Libyan dictator.
Although Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said that no Libyan aircraft fired on positions in the African country, Italian fighter jets carried out new raids in Libya.
On Tuesday night two Tornado fighter jets took off from the base of Birgi Trapani, Sicily, where he returned after two hours, according to local media. Earlier
Chiefs of Defence confirmed that in the morning were conducted two missions to Libya by four F-16 aircraft, defense and escort and six Tornado, capable of neutralizing air defenses.
You knew that the three journalists, two of the AFP and one of the agency Getty Images, arrested on Saturday near Ajdabiya (eastern Libya) were released late Tuesday to Wednesday ; Wednesday in Tripoli, according to an AFP reporter.
The three journalists, the Colombian-German and Briton Robert Schmidt Dave Clark, both from the AFP, and the American Joe Raedle, Getty Images agency arrived at the downtown hotel Rixos of the Libyan capital, where they were greeted by a fellow profession.
releases were announced hours earlier by a spokesman for the Libyan regime, Musa Ibrahim.
"All those who think every moment of their lives that freedom is not empty word deeply rejoice in this time that Dave Clark, Robert Schmidt and Joe Raedle regain this freedom so necessary for the expression of their lives, their talent and profession of journalists, "said AFP President Emmanuel Hoog, in a statement.
"These releases are the result of a team, an entire redaccióny of an entire company, told AFP. I should thanks, in the company, each and every one for his movement, the French government for its determination to find a just and happy for these arrests and the Libyan authorities for their quickly after my urgent request to release to journalists whose sole cause was witness to the reality of the situation facing Libya today, "he added. Hoog
Tuesday had sent a letter to Gadhafi asking for the release of three journalists.
"The leader of the Revolution (Libya Muammar Gadhafi) received a call from President of the Agence France-Presse, Emmanuel Hoog, and the leader asked the State (...) and the Libyan government's release of these journalists, "said Ibrahim.
"They can return to their families if they wish or stay and work legally in Tripoli if they want," he said.
"We are pleased to know that the Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi ordered the release of our photographer Joe Raedle and Robert Schmidt and Dave Clark," said a Getty Images statement and thanked "those who got involved to help release the group."
"These three journalists from the AFP (sic) illegally entered the country from the borders and were in a military area where operations were performed last few days," said Ibrahim shortly before his release. Reappears
Gadhafi Libyan leader, Muammar Gadhafi, has addressed the crowd Tuesday in Tripoli to call the fight and appear confident in the success of his regime's military offensive against international rebel campaign: "We the final victory. " "We will not surrender, defeat them by all means," he has said Gaddafi, who has declared that his regime is "ready to fight, either short or long."
The brief statements, uttered tonight from his compound - surrounded by human shields - have been broadcast live on state television. "I'm here, my house is here, I'm in my store," he said to a crowd waving green flags. Gadhafi has dismissed as "unreasonable" the international assault and has also reported that this operation violates the UN charter. In this regard, he assured that the attack was perpetrated "by a group of fascists who end up in the dustbin of history."
PHOTO CAPTION: Muammar Gadhafi reiterated that this war will be won despite international intervention. Ordered
Agricultural product bans
OSAKA Osaka prefectures, Japan .- Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan on Wednesday ordered the prohibition of milk and vegetables from the prefectures of Fukushima and Ibaraki (northeast) due to high levels of radioactivity found after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Fears of radioactive contamination persisted in Japan on Tuesday as the authorities are not ruling out the danger in the rugged central Fukushima (northeast), whose waste products from threatening the sea.
The Health Ministry asked the Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures, east of Tokyo, to intensify their monitoring of the fish and shellfish fish off the coast.
Monday were detected iodine 131 and cesium 134, 126.7 and 24.8 times higher respectively than those set by the government, to analyze the sea near Fukushima, 250 miles north of the megalopolis of Tokyo and its 35 million inhabitants.
However, the company Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), which operates nuclear power plants, says that levels of radioactivity are not a threat to human health.
The Fisheries Agency said that the fishermen could not even return to work, eleven days after the boats and harbors were wrecked by the huge tsunami that generated The earthquake of magnitude 9.
This double disaster, the worst in Japan since World War II, has recorded some 23,000 dead and missing, including 9,079 confirmed deaths, according to a latest balance sheet.
To prevent further leakage of radioactive operations were continuing on Tuesday to try to restore the cooling systems of reactors.
These operations began after the first incidents on March 12, despite the risk it poses to the health of firefighters and technicians exposed to strong radiation. On Monday, a new problem occurred with disturbing the exhaust fumes of the reactors 2 and 3.
The central Fukushima Daiichi (No. 1), with structures obsolete, was badly damaged by the earthquake and tidal wave of 14 meters that was generated after the Pacific Ocean.
But the cooling of the reactor, which is essential to avoid fusion of nuclear fuel, has not been achieved yet.
technicians began to use a German truck equipped to pour water over the damaged roof of the reactor 4.
Another truck with a huge swing arm, was brought from China to Japan, Fukushima will be used to spray the premises. This vehicle
may have a height of 62 meters, according to its builder, the Chinese group Sany, a specialist in heavy equipment for construction.
The reactor 3 was the most damaged and is among the six reactors, the most worrisome to the authorities.
addition, MOX fuel contains a mixture of plutonium oxide and uranium products from recycled, whose waste is considered more harmful than those produced by a uranium-based fuel .
A TEPCO vice president on Tuesday presented his apologies to the people who were forced to evacuate around the site.
"Sorry frankly, our company caused anxiety and harm to the residents around the plants, the Fukushima Prefecture and the country as a whole, "said Norio tsuzumi, tilt ; NDOS deeply, as required by the country's tradition. Different agencies
keep repeating that the level of radioactivity found in the rain, running water or in some foods was not a threat to health.
Despite the threats that still weigh on the plant in Fukushima, the Nikkei index in Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher on Tuesday (+4,36%) as traders buy at a good price after the pronounced setbacks last week.
PHOTO CAPTION: In addition to that have been posted to 23 000 victims of the Tsunami. Nipponese authorities apologize for the evacuation.
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