Kerry in Pakistan with difficult issues, meeting Army

ISLAMABAD - U.S. Senator John Kerry met the head of Pakistan's powerful army, Sunday to press for answers to Osama bin Laden, but it is also eager to ensure that the Pakistani anger on the U.S. raid not subvert security and cooperation.

Special US forces found and killed bin Laden in the garrison of Abbottabad city, 50 kilometres (30 miles) North of Islamabad, may 2.

His discovery live comfortably in a walled enclosure of almost as high nose of military authorities revived the suspicion that the Pakistani security agencies knew where it was.

Pakistan welcomed murder of Osama bin Laden as an important step against militancy, but he is angry that he was not told about the raid in advance.

Pakistan Saturday Parliament condemns secret assault born in helicopter on bin Laden as a violation of the sovereignty and called for a revision of relations with the United States.

Military authorities say "unilaterally" by the United States against bin laden has caused a breakdown in trust which has cast a shadow on security and cooperation.

Kerry, a Democrat close to the administration of the Obama and is the President of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, arrived in Pakistan, the Afghanistan, where he said to the United States wanted Pakistan to be a true ally in the fight against militancy.

He meeting Army Chief General Ashfaq Kayani at the headquarters of the army, a military official said, but gave no details.

Pakistan is essential to U.S. efforts to fight against militants and efforts to stabilize the Afghanistan, where American forces rely on lines of Pakistan for water, food, fuel supply and other essential elements.

The US administration has not accused Pakistan of complicity in hiding of bin Laden, but said that he must have had some sort of support network, he wants to discover.

Secretary of State American Hillary Clinton spoke to President Asif Ali Zardari by telephone the situation since the death of bin Laden, Office of Zardari said, adding that Zardari said Clinton on the concerns of Parliament.

"Both have agreed to resolve the issues in dispute settlement and to move forward", said the Office.

QUESTIONS

A sign of Pakistan's anger, the President of the Committee of Chiefs of staff of Pakistan, General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Friday cancelled a five-day visit to the United States which had been set to begin May 22.

But officials of civil government said Pakistan security and cooperation with the United States would.

"There is a divergence of opinion but we will continue our cooperation with the world as well as the United States, said a senior official who declined to be identified."

Kerry was due to hold talks with other leaders Monday.

Kerry has long been regarded as a friend of Pakistan but said serious questions remained after the assassination of bin Laden to journalists in Afghanistan weekend.

While Pakistan had to improve its efforts, the death of bin Laden has provided a chance to advance, he said.7 criticism

"We obviously want a Pakistan that is ready to respect the interests of the Afghanistan and to be a true ally in our efforts to combat terrorism," Kerry told reporters in the Northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

"We believe there are things that can be made better", he said. "But we do not attempt to find a way to divide the relationship, we try to find a way to build it.

U.S. lawmakers have questioned whether Pakistan is seriously in the fight against the militants, and some have called for a suspension of us aid.

Pakistan rejected as absurd suggestions that the murder has demonstrated incompetence or complicity of hiding al-Qaeda leader.

Kerry said earlier that he was "extraordinarily difficult to believe" bin Laden could be in Pakistan for if long without knowledge.

Kerry, speaking a day after two suicide attacks killed 80 people in a Pakistani paramilitary Academy, said Pakistan has been victim of the extremism and faces its own decisions difficult.

Pakistan has a long history of using Islamist militants such as proxies, especially to counter the influence of the rival nuclear weapon, India.

Egypt groups hold the first meeting

protests from Cairo on Tahrir square has created new groups of militants in Egypt more than 2,000 representatives of groups that took part in the revolt against former President Hosni Mubarak are to hold a national Council.

The meeting is designed to plan their strategy for the election of September.

It is the first organized meeting of the groups has left Mr. Mubarak Office in February.

Since January, a considerable number of people participated in mass demonstrations which was finally overthrew Mr. Mubarak.

But since he resigned Egypt was led by a secret military Council and numerous militant groups formed in the crucible of the Cairo's Tahrir square have had little say in the transformation of the country.

In organizing the first National Council of Democratic Forces, the main activists hope to agree on ways to maintain the momentum of the revolution going.

Their great fear, they say, is that the Muslim Brotherhood will dominate the election scheduled for September, because no secular party alternative still was organized to replace the discredited part of Mr. Mubarak, who has been banned.

The meeting they will discuss running a unified slate of parliamentary candidates in the election and the deeper reforms to the constitution.

Previous attempts to unite secular groups have made little progress.

The activists lack experience, and some say that they prefer to remain outside political parties.

How so many can overcome many disputes in a one day Conference is not clear, but with less than five months until the election, the time is very short to create a completely new political force.

Meeting of the Libya is seeking aid to rebels anti-Gaddafi

ROME an international coalition against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi met Thursday to seek ways to obtain funds to a underequipped rebel movement which is fast cash short-term.

As the conflict in Libya to the ground in the impasse, the rebels of the National transition Council (TNC) appealed for loans up to $ 3 billion to meet pressing needs, including food and medicine.

Request met with a cautious response from Western Governments already faced with serious financial problems that are specific to them so far, but the Rome meeting should seek ways around legal obstacles that hamper funding rebels.

"We are going to discuss a financial mechanism, we will discuss other forms of assistance," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a joint press conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Italian Franco Frattini before of the third meeting of the coalitionwhich includes more than 20 countries.

"I will formally announce our non-lethal assistance so I think that there is an emergency effort to respond to requests which makes the CNC," said.

In a speech to be delivered at the meeting, Frattini said a fund called the temporary financial mechanism would be established to channel money to the CNC.

The Qatar, the Arab partisan leader of the Libya uprising, thanked for its efforts to establish the Fund.

He was called to the other members of the coalition to join the Italy and the France by recognizing the rebel movement and said that the group must show the determination to put an end to the rule of Gaddafi.

"We step allow a divided Libya and insecure as a playground for mercenaries of Gaddafi," said Frattini.

United Nations sanctions have prevented the rebels, based primarily in the eastern part of the country, from the sale of oil on international markets, and there were legal obstacles to access to the Libyan State assets frozen abroad.

Meeting of the Contact Group of the so-called Libya Thursday, will bring together the Foreign Ministers of the countries, including the France, Great Britain, the United States, Italy and Qatar and representatives of the Arab League, African Union and the United Nations.

The meeting is not expected to address military issues, but Ministers are likely to re-state their confidence in the NATO operations against the forces of Gaddafi, despite the lack of progress since the initial air strikes led from the stronghold of rebels in the East of Benghazi in March.

"Our action to protect civilians is essential to open the political phase," said Frattini. "More quickly in this case, faster political solution can begin."