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German police and security experts believe that the radical Muslim communities, such as the Hamburg mosque linked to the 11-S in the U.S., have trained about 100 militants for attacks, which represents a major threat security.

The leftist Susana Villaran remains ahead in the recount of the election for mayor of Lima on Sunday, but only ahead by about 28,000 votes in the conservative Lourdes Flores as remaining unresolved challenged ballots 1.5 million .
The latest report from the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) issued today with 73.14% of the votes counted Villarán said, the alliance Social Force, achieved 38.46% of the vote and Flores, People's Party Cristiano (PPC), 37.65%.

The Hungarian government Tuesday declared a state of alert in three departments of the West, threatened by a toxic spill of "red mud" that has caused four deaths and threatens to become an "ecological catastrophe majeure" for the fauna and flora Danube.

The two candidates for President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff ruling and opposition José Serra, tuned strategies on Tuesday in search of an alliance with evangelical environmentalist Marina Silva, whose votes could determine the next president of Brazil.

The recording of the Radio Patrol of the Ecuadorian National Police for the Sept. 30 revealed that some of those who participated in the uprising were intended to assassinate the president, Rafael Correa, a coup attempt.

The United States expects a "speedy extradition" from Thailand's international arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed "the merchant of death", said Tuesday the State Department.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet today weigh extend, for another 60 days, a moratorium on the construction of settlements in the West Bank to quell domestic and foreign pressures.

French police have arrested twelve suspects Islamist terrorists carried out two operations in the south, the first one connected with the arrest in early September of a suspect in Italy, official sources told Efe.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, today extended until Friday, the state of emergency at the request of the National Assembly, whose security has been taken up by a strong military contingent, consisting of a tank, two armored vehicles and dozens of soldiers.

The president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, said today that Salvadoran citizens who are imprisoned in Cuba pay a fair sentence for his crimes and said that this issue is not part of the agenda of his visit to the island.