Syrian president Bashar al- Assad had acknowledged that the unrest in his country is a threat to the government and the people of the country. In the first address he was making in two months the president said he will initiate a national dialogue which would be aimed at bringing some changes in the country. He maintained that he will never bow to the people who are protesting to remove him by force. He described them as saboteurs.

The people of the country had been anticipating the speech by the president who is battling to remain in power for about three months of severe protests. The president has been under intense pressure from Turkey, US and European Union countries to carry out reforms in the country to put an end to the protests which is trying to cripple the country.

The president offered to carry out some reforms in the country but the details of how that will come about was not mentioned in the address. What the protesters demand is that President Assad leaves power. It is not yet clear whether the president will agree. The Assad family had been in power for over four decades. There is a one dominant party system of government in the country. It is not yet clear whether the protesters will accept anything outside the resignation of President Assad.

NATO had admitted that it had mistakenly hit rebel military vehicles at oil town of Brega, mistaken it to be vehicles belonging to the government of Col Moamar Gadhafi. Sunday morning government officials and people around the neighborhood had showed journalists a building which they said was destroyed by NATO air strikes.

At least three bodies were recovered from the rubbles they were later confirmed dead by hospital officials. One of the casualties includes an infant child.

This presentation by the government is credible and this is the first time in three months that the government is presenting a credible report that is linking NATO with civilian casualties.

The destroyed building from all accounts has nothing to do with military operations. Even the people in the neighborhood are critical of the government of Col Gadhafi yet they agreed that the attack was as a result of NATO strikes.

The house according to the neighbors accommodated about three or more families. The government claimed that 15 people were living in that building. However NATO could be reached to confirm the incidence.

However the number of rebel soldiers who have had an injury as a result of NATO attack was not made public, but NATO had regretted the incidence.

The president of Afghanistan Mr. Hamid Karzai had admitted for the first time that his government and the US are having direct discussions with the Taliban. He acknowledged that the talk is progressing. He acknowledged that the US military is going ahead with the negotiations.

Mr. Karzai blasted the foreign nations who were fighting for years to defend him and his government for about a decade now. The president said that the foreign forces were in his country to protect their own interests and not the interests of the Afghani people. The president spoke at a youth conference at the presidential palace that the foreign forces were using his country.

As the president was lambasting the foreign forces suicide bombers who dressed in Afghani army uniform carried out an attack in a police facility causing heavy gun battle that lasted for over three hours. The incident led to the loss of many lives including the suicide attackers. After the incident the spokesperson for the Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault.

There were conflicting report of what president Karzai said and what he did not say. Some reports of the same comment by the president did not say anything about peace talks.

Report had it that a government spokesperson said that the president had advised the Taliban to accept the constitution of Afghanistan. US embassy officials have declined to comment on the development.