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The Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, have urged the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, its acronym in English) to "address and resolve challenges in our region," referring to the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand , during a summit on Saturday in Jakarta.

Both countries are fighting from the fifties - when France withdrew from Cambodia - the sovereignty of the Hindu temples of Preah Vihear, Ta Moan and Ta Krabey and adjacent territories in the Dangrek Mountains.

Although Asian integration has a policy of noninterference in the internal affairs of its member countries, "ASEAN must improve its credibility with the implementation of their own accord," said Abhisit. "We need to solve the problem (between Cambodia and Thailand) because we do not want to affect the agenda of ASEAN community building," he added.

On the other hand, the Thai president said that "if the Cambodians, should come to the table, no problem." Cambodians themselves have said that the Thais are blocking the deal, asking constantly changing demands.

The foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand gathered at a summit intended to send a team of Indonesian military observers to the border, but Cambodia established as a precondition not to accept the request of the Thai troops withdraw from Cambodian temple.

Moreover, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who preferred not to make any reference to the border dispute at the summit, has focused her speech on raw material shortages suffered by the region and noted that "nations this land will face the competitive situation. " Yudhoyono also said that ASEAN needs to develop domestic trade and investment in the area.

Libyan government aircraft have bombed four oil deposits in the large city of Misrata, west of the country, destroying them and causing a huge fire that has spread to four other deposits, as reported on Saturday a spokesman for the rebels fighting to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Gaddafi's troops used small planes that are commonly used to spread pesticides on farmland, said the spokesman, who said the insurgents warned NATO on the presence of aircraft, but there was no response from the Alliance.

Confirmed the use of aircraft by government troops, they would have violated the no-fly zone imposed on Libya by the UN resolution 1973, aimed to defend the civilian population of the bombing.
Projectiles in Tunisian territory

Ahmed Hasan, a spokesman rebels warned that fuel shortages could worsen the situation now, especially in city hospitals, which rely on electricity produced by generators.

Meanwhile, several rockets fired by the forces of the Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, have fallen into Tunisian territory, while the Libyan troops and rebels want to overthrow Qaddafi faced near the border between the two countries.

Sources of the Tunisian security forces two days ago reported that more than a dozen mortar shells fired from Libya had fallen on Dehiba, a fact that has occurred repeatedly in recent weeks. Last week, fighting in the Tunisian border to the city went so far, prompting an angry protest the Tunisian authorities.

Libyan rival factions are fighting for control of border crossing-Wazzin Dehiba, allowing the rebels to establish a road link between Tunisia and the bastions of the Western Mountain region, where they are facing forces Gaddafi.

President Rafael Correa assumed the victory of their proposals in the referendum to be held in Ecuador. It is the third in his few more than four years in office and reinforces in power. The consultation proposes a major judicial reform that will allow the Executive to have more control over the system, and the creation of a monitoring body for the press will also be useful to the government to limit freedom of expression. Although the referendum has 10 questions ranging from the great judicial reform to the banning of the bulls or gambling, Ecuador's political polarization has become a referendum on Correa management.
"The constituent power belongs only to the people and nobody can take away that right. The citizens exercising their right to transform the present and future. It's the new radical democracy that the country", said this morning Correa, initiation of consultation. The president has urged citizens to continue to "trusting the government with clean hands" and vowed to continue his work for social justice.

The third query Correa has not only been challenged by the opposition but also by many of the allies and former allies of the president. The Popular Democratic Movement (MPD) and the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) said: "This time Mr. arrogant."

The host had no presidential plans between old ideologues of "citizens' revolution" and recognized figures crucial to the regime. Alberto Acosta, former leader of the governing Movimiento Alianza Pais, former energy minister and former president of the Constituent Assembly adopted the current Constitution, severely criticized the president: "There is no doubt that Correa is willing to pay any price to be able to control justice: reissue care practices oligarchic governments, only now count on the complicity of the Ecuadorian people. "

With similar criteria, Gustavo Larrea, a former government minister, coordinator of the campaign "this time", said that the referendum violates civil liberties. He said this "not going to solve the issue of injustice, crime and organized crime, nor the issue of justice. What it does mean is bans on civil liberties and violate freedom of expression, human rights and the presumption of innocence. " Moreover, "it aims to put his hand to justice and undermining judicial independence." "Who will now control abuses of power? Does finger appoint judges did not involve control of justice and, therefore, that the country reign of impunity?" He said.

However, for Rolando Panchana, vice president of the National Assembly, Acosta expressions are nothing more than "intellectual arrogance" because it "can not admit he was wrong, can not admit the truth. And we've had to resort to this referendum to correct errors in the Constitution passed in Montecristi when he was chairman of the Assembly. Therefore, it has become necessary to make reforms. " For Larrea criticism for Panchana be explained because "is to take this opportunity to reconcile with the press after the media lynching and the consequent loss of credibility when it is linked with the FARC and other rebel groups in Colombia" .

Further reforms

Confident of victory in the consultation, the Correa government is prepared to accelerate reforms for which tries to get to Ecuador from what he calls "the long night of neoliberalism" and build "socialism of the XXI century." "It remains now to accomplish the tasks as soon as possible, to benefit the people," said Panchana. "And that is what we will do immediately."

Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said that from this Monday and will begin to see changes in areas such as justice and rights for workers. He emphasized that "the Government will continue to make all the consultations are necessary to achieve the advancement of the people."

The former president Oswaldo Hurtado (Popular Democracy), and leading figure in an opposition unable to produce credible new leaders, said today that "electoral fraud XXI century, and not getting done as soon as polling booths. It does before the election. The propaganda of the Government without limits is a form of electoral fraud. The infamous television channels in recent days slandering the media to get votes for Yes, it is a form of electoral fraud. " In a recent forum in the newspaper Hoy, Hurtado wrote: "Correa is determined to put under his command two institutions that have not fully control: Justice and the press."
Neither bulls nor casinos

With today's referendum, the Ecuadorian Government also seeks to prohibit businesses dedicated to gambling such as casinos and gaming halls, with the aim of preventing such practices "become a social problem, especially in the most vulnerable segments of the population. "

Additionally, the Ecuadorians asked whether they agree with prohibiting the shows which are designed to kill the animal. The question is one that seems to have generated more consensus among the population and is expected to get formal proposal widely supported. This shall be prohibited in Ecuador bullfighting, a show that has more than 400 years in the Andean country.

This week, many bullfighters and bullfighting fans marched in the historic Plaza Grande in Quito against the government palace to demand respect for their right to work, freedom and putting a premium on tolerance and respect to a party that many considered the most traditional.