Written By Unknown on Kamis, 05 Februari 2015 | 20.18
The father of the Jordanian pilot who was burned alive by Islamic State has told Sky News his son's killers are "wild beasts".
His condemnation came as Jordan's King Abdullah pledged a "relentless war" against the extremists as he flew home early from Washington for crisis talks over the response to the murder of Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh.
The brutal murder of Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh may rally opposition to IS
His country's response was swift, taking revenge by executing two prisoners after a horrific video of Mr Al Kassasbeh's killing was published online.
One of them was the Iraqi would-be suicide bomber Sajida al Rishawi, who the extremists had wanted freed.
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Safi, the dead pilot's father, said: "My feeling is that of every father - I am mourning my own son.
"The whole world, the Arab world, the Jordanian society is mourning with me.
"What they did is more than criminal - it's never been seen before in history.
"Even animals couldn't do this - they are wild beasts, they have no connection to Islam.
"They are not human beings let alone Muslims.
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"I think the reaction of Jordan will be very strong."
There has been widespread condemnation of the fighter pilot's death, with Saudi Arabia's new King Salman describing his murder as "inhuman and contrary to Islam".
Mr Al Kassasbeh was captured by the militants in December when his F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate.
The 26-year-old's murder appeared to be aimed at pressuring the government of Jordan - a close US ally - to leave the coalition that has carried out months of airstrikes on IS positions in Syria and Iraq.
But experts say the brutality shown by the extremists against a fellow Muslim could backfire and serve to galvanise opposition against the militants.
The parents of two American journalists kidnapped in Syria have criticised the Obama administration's hostage policies.
Speaking to Sky News, the mothers of James Foley and Austin Tice cast doubt on whether media blackouts and a blanket ban on ransom payments are truly effective.
They also voiced shock at the "horrific" recent killings of a Jordanian pilot and two Japanese men by Islamic State militants.
Speaking at an event on press freedom in Washington DC, Mrs Foley said she hoped a new White House-ordered review on Americans held captive by terrorists overseas would bring changes.
Mrs Foley said the US government had kept her "totally" in the dark about her son, who was beheaded by Islamic State militants in August last year.
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"Jim was let down big time," she said, adding that the family now regretted abiding by the media blackout.
The Foley family was left to negotiate by email with the captors, she said, after the FBI refused to discuss a ransom, angering the militants.
"There was no communications from our government agencies to us," she told Sky News at the Newseum.
"They were constantly asking us for information but nothing came back to us.
"We never knew a thing. They always told us Jim was the highest priority, trust us, don't talk to the media."
Mrs Foley said she never received any official notification of his death, only learning their nightmare had come true from a reporter.
Debra Tice, whose son Austin Tice was abducted in August 2012, said she was now hoping to "raise the volume" on his case.
She said her family's relationship with the FBI had "become acrimonious in a middle-school kind of way, unfortunately" because of the "information vacuum" from the agency.
A month after the 33-year-old freelance reporter went missing, a brief video uploaded to YouTube showed him blindfolded, apparently being walked through rocky terrain by Islamist militants.
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The State Department raised the possibility at the time that the former US Marine was actually in the custody of the Syrian government. No ransom demands have been made.
The mothers also said the recent immolation of a Jordanian pilot in an Islamic State video had appalled them.
"The pain that family's feeling, it's just a horrific thing to go through again," said Mrs Foley.
Douglas Frantz, US Assistant Secretary of State for public affairs, accepted some of their points.
"We have had difficulty communicating consistently with families and I'm confident that the (hostage) review is going to fix this," he said.
He told Sky News the National Counterterrorism Center would report back with recommendations in the spring.
Mr Frantz also said the State Department was working "very hard" to free a 26-year-old female aid worker who is the Islamic State's last known US captive.
But he said ransom payments "put targets on the back of every American overseas and feed the kidnap economy".
Women should "remain hidden and veiled", only leaving their homes in exceptional circumstances, according to an Islamic State manifesto intended as a recruitment tool.
The document includes a curriculum for teaching young girls how to be homemakers and mothers who are "sedentary, still and stable" - and condemns the notion of gender equality.
It also criticises the West's obsession with studying "the brain cells of crowd, grains of sand and fish arteries", and suggests such educational pursuits are a distraction from worshipping God, which is "the only reason for their existence".
Circulated widely on jihadist forums, the text was apparently released in an attempt to recruit women living in Saudi Arabia.
"Woman was created to populate the Earth just as man was," one passage reads.
IS says girls should begin school aged seven, but could be married at nine
"But, as God wanted it to be, she was made from Adam and for Adam. Beyond this, her creator ruled there was no responsibility greater for her than that of being a wife to her husband."
The fashion industry and beauty salons are deemed as the work of Satan.
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"He wishes to bring her from her Paradise of covering and decency, and encourages her to spend huge amounts of money to change God's creation and demand that surgeons change her nose, ear, chin and nails," the document states.
"This is the 'real fashion of women' - things hanging from ears, hair shaved in some places and not in others."
A plan for "the ideal education of our girls" is also included, which takes place when they are between seven and 15 years old. Religious studies, knitting, cooking and Sharia law feature prominently in the curriculum.
"It is considered legitimate for a girl to be married at the age of nine," the text adds. "Most pure girls will be married by 16 or 17, while they are still young and active."
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In another section, IS authors state: "Women gain nothing from the idea of their equality with men apart from thorns.
"Under 'equality' they have to work and rest on the same days as men, even though they have 'monthly complications' and pregnancies - in spite of the nature of her life and responsibilities to their husband, sons and religion."
The Quilliam Foundation, which translated the document from Arabic, has labelled it as "fundamentally misogynist".
The think-tank added: "This (treatise) enables us to get into the mindset of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of women who willingly join its ranks.
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"Its objective is clear. This is a piece of propaganda aimed at busting myths and recruiting supporters."
According to the group, the manifesto was not translated into English by IS because it would have been "ineffective – perhaps even counterintuitive - in achieving its propagandistic aims with a Western audience".
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Video:The True Face Of War In Ukraine
By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent, in Luhansk
Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande are travelling to Kiev and Moscow with a new peace initiative, amid a flurry of diplomacy to end what has been described as "a war on Europe's edge".
The German Chancellor and French President's proposal is "based on the territorial integrity of Ukraine", and is in response to the deepening humanitarian crisis on the frontline of the conflict.
A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Vladimir Putin was ready to hold constructive talks with the European leaders, and that Russia "will do everything it can" to help resolve the crisis in Ukraine.
However, he claimed the Ukrainian government was using weapons in the conflict zone which had effects similar to those of weapons of mass destruction.
Petro Poroshenko and John Kerry met in Kiev
There has been a considerable escalation of violence in recent days, and John Kerry is also in Kiev to meet the country's president, Petro Poroshenko.
As he arrived, the Secretary of State announced an additional $16.4m humanitarian aid to help civilians caught up in the conflict.
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Sky News travelled to some of the areas worst-hit by the ongoing fighting, with a significant number now suffering without any running water.
They include the small village of Irmina, where people are being forced to queue for water from a local well and many are struggling to survive without power.
The shelling has been getting closer, food supplies are running low and people are running out of money.
But there is no major rescue effort in the village, located in Lukansk region. Help is not getting through and people say they have seen no humanitarian aid convoys.
"We have no jobs, we have nothing, how can we live?" one man asked.
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Gallery: Several Dead After Hospital Shelled
The shell hit around midday
Reports say four people were killed and several injured
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The hospital was badly damaged
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More than 5,300 people have already been killed in the war
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Another round of peace talks collapsed earlier this week
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"Shells were coming down - we were all sitting in the basements."
We met Svetlana Zorina, who works as a nurse at the maternity unit in the next town, queuing for water with her son. She told us she has not been paid since September.
"We have no water, sometimes no light. And they say that the water won't be back for a long time, because a shell hit the pipe," she said.
"They are shelling all the time. Today in the maternity hospital the windows were shaking, during the day and all night."
In the village market, stall after stall has closed down, and where there is food for sale there are few with money to buy it.
Video:On The Front Line In Ukraine
The Ukrainian government has cut off pensions to those living in rebel-controlled areas and the social care system is breaking down.
The self-proclaimed separatist "people's republics" have yet to fund an alternative.
"They're coming but they have no money, even to buy bread," stallholder Nina Andreeyevna said.
"We are helping some of them, but we can't help everyone - me, myself, I am one of them, I have no pension."
We heard rocket and artillery fire close to the village - parents are afraid to let their children play outside here now.
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At a children's residential school we saw shrapnel damage to the walls, and the hollow of a mortar strike in the playground, reportedly one of several in the summer.
Teachers said the children were sleeping in the basement at night for safety, as fighting has intensified in the area over the last two weeks.
Those who could be sent home have gone back to their families, but staff are still caring for several children with special needs and a little girl who was orphaned three weeks ago.
"We always have winter clothes in our common room, because it's cold down there in the basement," teacher Lyudmila Anatoleyevna said.
"If we have electricity we use the heaters, if not we work with what we have.
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Conscripts attend a ceremony marking their enrolment in the Ukrainian army in Kiev
Relatives react as they attend the ceremony. Ukraine's parliament voted to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned Russian forces backing rebels had sharply increased military activity in the country's east. Continue through for more images
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"It's dangerous to go to school because the classroom is located in a different building, so they are spending their free time here in this building."
The teachers are not being paid and are dependent on local donations of food and medicine for the children.
The frontline in this region extends across a vast, rural area, leaving many small towns and villages increasingly isolated.
The recent upsurge in violence has prompted expressions of concern from the international community, but the fighting here has been going on for many months and conditions for people living here are deteriorating.
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By Katie Stallard, Moscow Correspondent, in Luhansk
Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande are travelling to Kiev and Moscow with a new peace initiative, amid a flurry of diplomacy to end what has been described as "a war on Europe's edge".
The German Chancellor and French President's proposal is "based on the territorial integrity of Ukraine", and is in response to the deepening humanitarian crisis on the frontline of the conflict.
A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Vladimir Putin was ready to hold constructive talks with the European leaders, and that Russia "will do everything it can" to help resolve the crisis in Ukraine.
However, he claimed the Ukrainian government was using weapons in the conflict zone which had effects similar to those of weapons of mass destruction.
Petro Poroshenko and John Kerry met in Kiev
There has been a considerable escalation of violence in recent days, and John Kerry is also in Kiev to meet the country's president, Petro Poroshenko.
As he arrived, the Secretary of State announced an additional $16.4m humanitarian aid to help civilians caught up in the conflict.
Video:Rebels In No Mood For Compromise
Sky News travelled to some of the areas worst-hit by the ongoing fighting, with a significant number now suffering without any running water.
They include the small village of Irmina, where people are being forced to queue for water from a local well and many are struggling to survive without power.
The shelling has been getting closer, food supplies are running low and people are running out of money.
But there is no major rescue effort in the village, located in Lukansk region. Help is not getting through and people say they have seen no humanitarian aid convoys.
"We have no jobs, we have nothing, how can we live?" one man asked.
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Gallery: Several Dead After Hospital Shelled
The shell hit around midday
Reports say four people were killed and several injured
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The hospital was badly damaged
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More than 5,300 people have already been killed in the war
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Another round of peace talks collapsed earlier this week
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"Shells were coming down - we were all sitting in the basements."
We met Svetlana Zorina, who works as a nurse at the maternity unit in the next town, queuing for water with her son. She told us she has not been paid since September.
"We have no water, sometimes no light. And they say that the water won't be back for a long time, because a shell hit the pipe," she said.
"They are shelling all the time. Today in the maternity hospital the windows were shaking, during the day and all night."
In the village market, stall after stall has closed down, and where there is food for sale there are few with money to buy it.
Video:On The Front Line In Ukraine
The Ukrainian government has cut off pensions to those living in rebel-controlled areas and the social care system is breaking down.
The self-proclaimed separatist "people's republics" have yet to fund an alternative.
"They're coming but they have no money, even to buy bread," stallholder Nina Andreeyevna said.
"We are helping some of them, but we can't help everyone - me, myself, I am one of them, I have no pension."
We heard rocket and artillery fire close to the village - parents are afraid to let their children play outside here now.
Video:Fighting Stops Doctors Going Home
At a children's residential school we saw shrapnel damage to the walls, and the hollow of a mortar strike in the playground, reportedly one of several in the summer.
Teachers said the children were sleeping in the basement at night for safety, as fighting has intensified in the area over the last two weeks.
Those who could be sent home have gone back to their families, but staff are still caring for several children with special needs and a little girl who was orphaned three weeks ago.
"We always have winter clothes in our common room, because it's cold down there in the basement," teacher Lyudmila Anatoleyevna said.
"If we have electricity we use the heaters, if not we work with what we have.
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Conscripts attend a ceremony marking their enrolment in the Ukrainian army in Kiev
Relatives react as they attend the ceremony. Ukraine's parliament voted to refresh its front-line forces and resume partial conscription after a top security official warned Russian forces backing rebels had sharply increased military activity in the country's east. Continue through for more images
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"It's dangerous to go to school because the classroom is located in a different building, so they are spending their free time here in this building."
The teachers are not being paid and are dependent on local donations of food and medicine for the children.
The frontline in this region extends across a vast, rural area, leaving many small towns and villages increasingly isolated.
The recent upsurge in violence has prompted expressions of concern from the international community, but the fighting here has been going on for many months and conditions for people living here are deteriorating.
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Written By Unknown on Rabu, 04 Februari 2015 | 20.18
Iraqi Militant Executed After IS Murders Pilot
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Video:Bomber Executed After Pilot Murder
Jordan has executed two prisoners after Islamic State murdered one of their pilots, a government spokesman has said.
One of those executed was Iraqi would-be suicide bomber Sajida al Rishawi, who was on death row for her role in a hotel attack that killed 60 people.
The other was Ziad al Karbouli, who had been an aide to the late former leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, and who was sentenced to death in 2008 for plotting terror attacks on Jordanians in Iraq.
Jordan had promised a swift and lethal response after IS released a video showing captured pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh being burned alive in a cage.
Jordan promised a swift response to Mr Al Kassasbeh's murder
Since news of his death emerged, #IAmMuath has been trending on Twitter, with protesters chanting the slogan outside King Abdullah's palace in Amman.
The pilot's father, Safi, has said he "considers Mu'ath a martyr to God", and called on the Jordanian government "to take revenge for Mu'ath's blood".
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Gallery: Everything We Know About Sajida Al Rishawi
Sajida Al Rishawi, believed to be in her 40s, was known as the 'would-be bomber'. She was executed in Jordan following the murder by IS of Jordanian pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh
She and her husband were involved in the 2005 Amman bombings, a plot to attack a string of Jordanian hotels
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Sixty people were killed and 115 injured after other suicide bombers targeted three hotels. Al-Rishawi's device, which was packed with ball bearings, failed to detonate
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She and her husband targeted a wedding party at the Radisson SAS hotel - the fathers of the bride and the groom were both killed
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In 2005 Al-Rishawi released a televised confession while in Jordanian custody. She was sentenced to death and lost an appeal against the conviction in 2007
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He added: "The blood of Mu'ath is this country's blood. The country has to take its revenge, and I call for no one to remain alive from Islamic State, I call for revenge by executing prisoners, and I call to erase the Daesh organisation."
IS had demanded the release of Rishawi in exchange for Mr Al Kassasbeh and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, who the militant group killed in a video posted online three days ago.
Jordan had agreed to the swap, but called off the deal after saying it had received no proof that the pilot was still alive.
Some Arab commentators had suggested jihadist Al Karbouli could also have formed part of a prisoner swap.
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The two jihadists were hanged in Swaqa prison, a large facility 70km (45 miles) south of the capital, Amman, just before dawn, a security source told Reuters.
"They were both calm and showed no emotions and just prayed," the source added.
The killing of the pilot outraged Jordanians and drew worldwide condemnation, including from President Barack Obama and the UN Security Council.
Mr Al Kassasbeh was captured by the militants in December when his F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate.
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The 26-year-old's murder appeared to be aimed at pressuring the government of Jordan - a close US ally - to leave the coalition that has carried out months of airstrikes on IS positions in Syria and Iraq.
But observers say the extremists' brutality against a fellow Muslim could backfire and galvanise other Sunni Muslims in the region against them.
King Abdullah II, Jordan's leader, has portrayed the campaign against the extremists as a battle over values.
In a speech on Jordanian state television, he urged his countrymen to unite.
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"It's the duty of all of us to stand united and show the real values of Jordanians in the face of these hardships," the monarch said from Washington.
In a statement before a meeting King Abdullah, US President Barack Obama vowed the pilot's death would "redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of our global coalition to make sure they are degraded and ultimately defeated".
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Iraqi Militant Executed After IS Murders Pilot
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Jordan has executed two prisoners after Islamic State murdered one of their pilots, a government spokesman has said.
One of those executed was Iraqi would-be suicide bomber Sajida al Rishawi, who was on death row for her role in a hotel attack that killed 60 people.
The other was Ziad al Karbouli, who had been an aide to the late former leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al Zarqawi, and who was sentenced to death in 2008 for plotting terror attacks on Jordanians in Iraq.
Jordan had promised a swift and lethal response after IS released a video showing captured pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh being burned alive in a cage.
Jordan promised a swift response to Mr Al Kassasbeh's murder
Since news of his death emerged, #IAmMuath has been trending on Twitter, with protesters chanting the slogan outside King Abdullah's palace in Amman.
The pilot's father, Safi, has said he "considers Mu'ath a martyr to God", and called on the Jordanian government "to take revenge for Mu'ath's blood".
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Gallery: Everything We Know About Sajida Al Rishawi
Sajida Al Rishawi, believed to be in her 40s, was known as the 'would-be bomber'. She was executed in Jordan following the murder by IS of Jordanian pilot Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh
She and her husband were involved in the 2005 Amman bombings, a plot to attack a string of Jordanian hotels
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Sixty people were killed and 115 injured after other suicide bombers targeted three hotels. Al-Rishawi's device, which was packed with ball bearings, failed to detonate
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She and her husband targeted a wedding party at the Radisson SAS hotel - the fathers of the bride and the groom were both killed
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In 2005 Al-Rishawi released a televised confession while in Jordanian custody. She was sentenced to death and lost an appeal against the conviction in 2007
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He added: "The blood of Mu'ath is this country's blood. The country has to take its revenge, and I call for no one to remain alive from Islamic State, I call for revenge by executing prisoners, and I call to erase the Daesh organisation."
IS had demanded the release of Rishawi in exchange for Mr Al Kassasbeh and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, who the militant group killed in a video posted online three days ago.
Jordan had agreed to the swap, but called off the deal after saying it had received no proof that the pilot was still alive.
Some Arab commentators had suggested jihadist Al Karbouli could also have formed part of a prisoner swap.
Video:Obama Condemns IS Killing Video
The two jihadists were hanged in Swaqa prison, a large facility 70km (45 miles) south of the capital, Amman, just before dawn, a security source told Reuters.
"They were both calm and showed no emotions and just prayed," the source added.
The killing of the pilot outraged Jordanians and drew worldwide condemnation, including from President Barack Obama and the UN Security Council.
Mr Al Kassasbeh was captured by the militants in December when his F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate.
Video:What Is Iraq's Future Without IS?
The 26-year-old's murder appeared to be aimed at pressuring the government of Jordan - a close US ally - to leave the coalition that has carried out months of airstrikes on IS positions in Syria and Iraq.
But observers say the extremists' brutality against a fellow Muslim could backfire and galvanise other Sunni Muslims in the region against them.
King Abdullah II, Jordan's leader, has portrayed the campaign against the extremists as a battle over values.
In a speech on Jordanian state television, he urged his countrymen to unite.
Video:The Growth Of Islamic State
"It's the duty of all of us to stand united and show the real values of Jordanians in the face of these hardships," the monarch said from Washington.
In a statement before a meeting King Abdullah, US President Barack Obama vowed the pilot's death would "redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of our global coalition to make sure they are degraded and ultimately defeated".
An Argentinian prosecutor found dead from a gunshot wound had drafted a document requesting the arrest of the country's president.
Alberto Nisman's body was discovered in his bathroom just hours before he was due to appear in front of Congress.
He was expected to detail his allegations that President Cristina Fernandez agreed to protect the people behind the bombing of a Jewish community centre in 1994, a claim she denies.
Nobody has been convicted in the attack, in which 85 people were killed.
The Chief Investigator into Mr Nisman's death initially denied the existence of the arrest warrant.
Mr Nisman had spent a decade investigating the bombing
It then appeared in a newspaper, forcing Viviana Fein to admit the document had been found in a garbage bin in the dead man's apartment.
However, Ms Fein claimed that it "is not important enough to change the course of the investigation".
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The papers, which were dated June 2014, were never submitted by Mr Nisman.
Instead, he chose to request the president and Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman appear in court to answer questions.
Mr Nisman believed that Ms Fernandez agreed to cover up Iranian involvement in the attack in return for beneficial trade agreements, including oil deals.
The prosecutor's death has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories.
Initially the authorities said it was likely that he had committed suicide but his friends and supporters dismissed that claim.
He had been assigned 10 federal police officers for protection but had told a friend he did not trust them.
Ms Fernandez herself had gone so far to suggest that rogue elements of intelligence services may have been behind the attack and that his death could not be suicide.
Argentina's Congress is now debating reform of its spy agency.
A bill put forward by Ms Fernandez calls for greater presidential control over the agency and increased punishments for intelligence officers found to be acting illegally.
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Video:Pilot Murdered By I.S. Fighters
It's slickly produced with iconography and graphics fitting for a thriller or spy movie.
It even uses 'flashbacks' as the condemned man looks into the sky and contemplates just how justified his punishment is going to be compared to the 'crimes' he has committed.
The latest murder video from the death cult that calls itself Islamic State is revealing not for the visible 'power' of the movement but for its weakness.
Indeed the whole saga of the Japanese hostages and murder of flight lieutenant Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh begins to reveal a picture of an organisation that is losing its grip.
It has already abandoned Kobani after losing 1,200 men. It has been driven from some key towns and villages in the east of Iraq, and now it would appear to be incoherent in its kidnap policy.
Video:Obama Condemns IS Killing Video
Last year it made about £30m ($45m) from negotiating the release of foreigners.
It murdered Britons and Americans on camera because the shocking snuff movies of their deaths generated a level of publicity that outweighed the profits it might have raised from desperate families.
Throughout the talks aimed at swapping Sajida al Rishawi, a failed suicide bomber on death row in Amman, IS was unable to provide proof that Flt Lt Kassasbeh was alive.
Activists in Raqqa said on 8 January that they believed he had been killed.
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Gallery: Tension Mounts Over IS Hostages' Plight
Japanese television networks reveal the plight of hostage Kenji Goto, whose release in exchange for freedom for a jailed female jihadist is being negotiated through the Jordanian capital Amman
Supporters of Mr Goto take part in a vigil outside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Tokyo office
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A Japanese journalist at the protest headquarters in Amman for the family of pilot Muath al Kasaesbeh, who has been held hostage by IS since December
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The father of the missing pilot has led the campaign for his son's release
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Public protest is increasing in Jordan over the pilot's fate, with pressure growing on King Abdullah, as supporters continue to revere his father King Hussein
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During the same period, when negotiating over a $200m ransom for the two Japanese citizens, the usual videos were replaced with print-outs of photos of the murder of Haruna Yukawa who was killed first.
His friend Kenji Goto was beheaded on video - but not in the open location that previous crimes had been committed.
One could over-interpret such clues, it is true. But so-called IS appears to be having to keep its hostages on the move, rush out its demands, and has resorted to a form of murder that could galvanise support against them in the very communities they most need it.
The aim of the latest killing is to force a wedge between King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Bedouin tribes who traditionally support him.
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There have been small elements within them, especially in the south, that have drifted towards the ideology of Salafism, the Islamo-fascist creed of al Qaeda and IS.
Some Jordanians are dismayed at their country's involvement in fighting IS in Syria and Iraq.
The hostage killers want these people to blame their kind for his death.
But this is a gamble. Bedouin tribes have already been fighting IS in Syria. And now the large Kasasbeh clans are locked in a blood feud.
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As Jordan's army has already sworn - it will have revenge.
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Jordan Will Have Revenge For Murdered Pilot
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Video:Pilot Murdered By I.S. Fighters
It's slickly produced with iconography and graphics fitting for a thriller or spy movie.
It even uses 'flashbacks' as the condemned man looks into the sky and contemplates just how justified his punishment is going to be compared to the 'crimes' he has committed.
The latest murder video from the death cult that calls itself Islamic State is revealing not for the visible 'power' of the movement but for its weakness.
Indeed the whole saga of the Japanese hostages and murder of flight lieutenant Mu'ath Al Kassasbeh begins to reveal a picture of an organisation that is losing its grip.
It has already abandoned Kobani after losing 1,200 men. It has been driven from some key towns and villages in the east of Iraq, and now it would appear to be incoherent in its kidnap policy.
Video:Obama Condemns IS Killing Video
Last year it made about £30m ($45m) from negotiating the release of foreigners.
It murdered Britons and Americans on camera because the shocking snuff movies of their deaths generated a level of publicity that outweighed the profits it might have raised from desperate families.
Throughout the talks aimed at swapping Sajida al Rishawi, a failed suicide bomber on death row in Amman, IS was unable to provide proof that Flt Lt Kassasbeh was alive.
Activists in Raqqa said on 8 January that they believed he had been killed.
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Gallery: Tension Mounts Over IS Hostages' Plight
Japanese television networks reveal the plight of hostage Kenji Goto, whose release in exchange for freedom for a jailed female jihadist is being negotiated through the Jordanian capital Amman
Supporters of Mr Goto take part in a vigil outside Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Tokyo office
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A Japanese journalist at the protest headquarters in Amman for the family of pilot Muath al Kasaesbeh, who has been held hostage by IS since December
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The father of the missing pilot has led the campaign for his son's release
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Public protest is increasing in Jordan over the pilot's fate, with pressure growing on King Abdullah, as supporters continue to revere his father King Hussein
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During the same period, when negotiating over a $200m ransom for the two Japanese citizens, the usual videos were replaced with print-outs of photos of the murder of Haruna Yukawa who was killed first.
His friend Kenji Goto was beheaded on video - but not in the open location that previous crimes had been committed.
One could over-interpret such clues, it is true. But so-called IS appears to be having to keep its hostages on the move, rush out its demands, and has resorted to a form of murder that could galvanise support against them in the very communities they most need it.
The aim of the latest killing is to force a wedge between King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Bedouin tribes who traditionally support him.
Video:Dec 28: Families Await Hostage News
There have been small elements within them, especially in the south, that have drifted towards the ideology of Salafism, the Islamo-fascist creed of al Qaeda and IS.
Some Jordanians are dismayed at their country's involvement in fighting IS in Syria and Iraq.
The hostage killers want these people to blame their kind for his death.
But this is a gamble. Bedouin tribes have already been fighting IS in Syria. And now the large Kasasbeh clans are locked in a blood feud.
Video:Feb 1: Brother Of Hostage 'Hopeful'
As Jordan's army has already sworn - it will have revenge.
Nasa is planning to send a spacecraft to one of Jupiter's moons which may hide a vast ocean under its icy surface.
Scientists suspect that Europa has an ocean underneath its surface, and vapour plumes have been spotted venting from its south pole.
Nasa administrator Charles Bolden said: "Looking to the future, we're planning a mission to explore Jupiter's fascinating moon Europa, selecting instruments this spring and moving toward the next phase of our work."
The White House has proposed an $18.5bn (£12.2bn) budget for Nasa in 2016, including $30m (£19.8m) to go towards the Jupiter mission.
Some $100m (£65.9m) has been previously committed to the project - a fraction of the $2.5bn (£1.65bn) spent on the Mars Curiosity rover.
However, additional cash is likely to be allocated over several years, bringing total spending to $2bn (£1.32bn).
The mission is likely to take place in the early 2020s.
One possible mission concept is to send a spacecraft into orbit around Jupiter on a path that would let it fly close to Europa.
Radar and topgraphic cameras would then be used to learn more about the moon, helping them to determine whether there is a hidden ocean beneath the surface that could host life.
However, a more ambitious option would be to place a lander on the ice.
Written By Unknown on Selasa, 03 Februari 2015 | 20.18
Egypt Could Free Al Jazeera Journalist Today
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Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed
A second Al Jazeera journalist could be freed from his Egyptian jail cell within hours, his Qatar-based news channel has reported.
Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian and Canadian national, has revoked his Egyptian citizenship and this would pave the way for his release and deportation under a presidential decree, his family have said.
Marwa Omara, Fahmy's fiancee, has been campaigning for his freedom
Fahmy was arrested in December 2013 along with Al Jazeera English colleagues Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed on charges of collaborating with the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned group in Egypt.
All three denied the charges and their trial was widely described as a sham.
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Gallery: Al Jazeera Journalists' Journey To Freedom
Peter Greste has posted this photo on Twitter of him celebrating his freedom in Cyprus en route to his home in Australia. Greste along with Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were jailed in Egypt, accused of aiding a banned political group
Juris Greste, father of Peter Greste, Peter's brother Andrew Greste and mother Lois Greste are all smiles at a press conference in Brisbane following news of Greste's release on Sunday.
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Marwa Omara, fiancee of Mohamed Fahmy, who is expected to be released later today
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Mohamed Fahmy, Al Jazeera's Cairo bureau chief, addresses the Egyptian court
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Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed appear in an Egyptian court
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In June, Fahmy and Greste were sentenced to seven years in jail and Mohamed to 10 years, sparking international outrage.
Their convictions were overturned on 1 January but they had been kept in custody pending a retrial.
But on Monday night Canadian foreign minister John Baird said Fahmy's release was "imminent".
Video:'Incredible Angst' Of Journalist
Mr Greste, an Australian, was released unexpectedly on Sunday and later told reporters of his "incredible angst" at leaving his two colleagues behind in jail.
He took to Twitter on Tuesday morning, celebrating his freedom by posting photos of him and his brother Mike in Cyprus en route to his home in Australia.
He wrote: "Free in Cyprus! Feels sweet. Peter back online for first time in 400+ days.
Video:Wife Wants Baher Mohamed Released
"Brother Mike and I due to head home to Australia shortly. Can't wait for the family reunion. Keep shouting #FreeAJStaff
"Special thanks to all who've supported us over the past year. MUST NOT FORGET THOSE STILL IN PRISON."
There are still concerns for the future of Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed, who does not hold nationality of another country.
Video:Al Jazeera: 'We'll Continue Fight'
According to campaign group Reporters Without Borders, there are currently 165 journalists imprisoned around the world, including 15 in Egypt.
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Egypt Could Free Al Jazeera Journalist Today
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Al Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed
A second Al Jazeera journalist could be freed from his Egyptian jail cell within hours, his Qatar-based news channel has reported.
Mohamed Fahmy, an Egyptian and Canadian national, has revoked his Egyptian citizenship and this would pave the way for his release and deportation under a presidential decree, his family have said.
Marwa Omara, Fahmy's fiancee, has been campaigning for his freedom
Fahmy was arrested in December 2013 along with Al Jazeera English colleagues Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed on charges of collaborating with the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned group in Egypt.
All three denied the charges and their trial was widely described as a sham.
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Gallery: Al Jazeera Journalists' Journey To Freedom
Peter Greste has posted this photo on Twitter of him celebrating his freedom in Cyprus en route to his home in Australia. Greste along with Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were jailed in Egypt, accused of aiding a banned political group
Juris Greste, father of Peter Greste, Peter's brother Andrew Greste and mother Lois Greste are all smiles at a press conference in Brisbane following news of Greste's release on Sunday.
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Marwa Omara, fiancee of Mohamed Fahmy, who is expected to be released later today
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Mohamed Fahmy, Al Jazeera's Cairo bureau chief, addresses the Egyptian court
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Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed appear in an Egyptian court
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In June, Fahmy and Greste were sentenced to seven years in jail and Mohamed to 10 years, sparking international outrage.
Their convictions were overturned on 1 January but they had been kept in custody pending a retrial.
But on Monday night Canadian foreign minister John Baird said Fahmy's release was "imminent".
Video:'Incredible Angst' Of Journalist
Mr Greste, an Australian, was released unexpectedly on Sunday and later told reporters of his "incredible angst" at leaving his two colleagues behind in jail.
He took to Twitter on Tuesday morning, celebrating his freedom by posting photos of him and his brother Mike in Cyprus en route to his home in Australia.
He wrote: "Free in Cyprus! Feels sweet. Peter back online for first time in 400+ days.
Video:Wife Wants Baher Mohamed Released
"Brother Mike and I due to head home to Australia shortly. Can't wait for the family reunion. Keep shouting #FreeAJStaff
"Special thanks to all who've supported us over the past year. MUST NOT FORGET THOSE STILL IN PRISON."
There are still concerns for the future of Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed, who does not hold nationality of another country.
Video:Al Jazeera: 'We'll Continue Fight'
According to campaign group Reporters Without Borders, there are currently 165 journalists imprisoned around the world, including 15 in Egypt.
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Anxiously eyeing the upper floors of a tower block, the gendarme admitted: "I don't want to stay here long".
Why not?
"Someone might drop a washing machine on my head," he replied.
This comic-book image provoked an unstifled snigger.
But what France's Gendarmerie and police now face, according to their own Prime Minister, is operating on the front lines of decades of a failed philosophy of ethnic integration.
Major Denis Mottier is a combat veteran of Afghanistan. Now he's in L'Ariane, a suburb of Nice, dealing with crime and the steady infiltration of extreme Islamist ideology.
He explains that the area, which sits just two miles up an industrial valley from the centre of Nice, faces severe unemployment, drugs, and organised crime - a cocktail of misery that can feed the radicalisation of young people, especially immigrants.
In France, until about 10 days ago, there was no such thing as community.
Video:'My Son Is Not A Terrorist'
No Tunisian community. No communities of Congolese, Senegalese, Chechens or Libyans.
France, it was deeply believed, had a unifying culture that was as indomitable as Asterix and inclusive of all.
"We have a different approach to Britain," said colonel Gael Marchand, the commander of the Gendarmerie for the Alpes-Maritime region.
"There you have multiculturalism. You have communities from all the immigrant groups. Differences are celebrated. Here we see everyone as French. Just French."
Partly derived from the French colonial approach which favoured assimilation of races over separation, the French mono-cultural view has been the bedrock of policy throughout the Fifth Republic.
Video:Hot Spots For Muslim Radicalisation
Until Prime Minister Manuel Valls dropped an A-Bomb. He admitted the unthinkable.
France, he said, had become an apartheid state that had confined people to the urban fringes and excluded them from the mainstream of life because of their skin colour, their surnames or their sex.
The problems of immigrants in the banlieues were not new. Thousands rioted in 2005 after a group of young people died while allegedly being chased by police in Paris.
But the evolution of Islamo-fascism alongside the alienation of young men and women of immigrant stock has grown and born bloody fruit in the form of the Charlie Hebdo slaughter - killings carried out by men born French but feeling other.
Children in the Nice banlieues often drop out of school at 13. They are easy prey for radical preachers who have a political and theological explanation for why hope fades for many in their teens.
Video:France 'Gave Us Everything'
As in England and across Europe vulnerable young people are told they are "hated" by the indigenous communities and that the West is a decadent brothel-cum-casino that should be purged.
These arguments combined with the prospect of getting into gunfights and the thrill of Holy War, are powerful magnets that have drawn thousands from Europe to the ranks of terror groups in Syria.
Many dozens have travelled from Nice. Now 64 ghettos have been officially identified in across France. Six are around Nice, including L'Ariane.
Nearly half of young people living in them are unemployed and the average income is about €11,000 (£8,300) and more than half of families have a single parent.
So France has admitted it has a problem. It's just the solution that eludes the Republic - just as it does the United Kingdom.
