Syria to lift emergency law after 48 years

The president expressed his consent to come on table with the dissidents and pledged to lift the countrys 48 year-old emergency law during a television address to his nation. He also vowed to introduce reforms in Syria.An Egyptian court ordered that the former ruling party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak should be dissolved.All assets of the National Democratic Party will be seized and handed to the government, the supreme administrative court ruled. Fighting between Libyan President Gaddafi’s forces and rebels intensified. A missile fired by Gaddafi’s men killed six rebels and injured 20 others near Brega. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation aircrafts continued bombing on state forces. Meanwhile, a large number of foreigners are evacuating.