Joe Baiden is in Israel and he urges Israeli leaders to take bold steps for peace. VOA Jerusalem correspondent Louis Mirros reports. US vice president Joe Baiden arrived in Israel just after Palestinians and Israelis agreed to hold indirect talks for four months ending an 14 months breakdown of the negotiations. Baiden the higest ranking member of the Obama's Ministray to visit Israel called the resumption of talks are moment of real (opportunity) for peace. Speaking to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Bajamin Netaniyaho on Tuesday the vice president said the US mediated talks will be a vehicle to a lead to mistrust between Israelis and Palestinians that has (built) up over several years. The goal is obviously to resolve the final steady cessive's and achieve a two states solution with Israel and Palestian within side by side in facing security. Israel's frist priority for this visit is to (ensure) continue US support in efforts to contain Iran and it's nuclear ambitions. The US vice president is due to travel to the westbank town of Romala to meet Wednesday with the Palestinian president Mahumod Abas. ? VOA news Jerusalem. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has met with members of the US battle unit in southern of Afghanistan that (suffered) heavy losses last year in the fight against Taliban. He told the troops he will soon be part of the decisive phase in the world as US forces prepare for a campain to take control of Kandaha, the largest city in the Taliban southern stronghold. Nigerian's acting president has (appointed) an new national security advisor following the death of hundreds of people in the lastest drown of ethnic religious violence in the city of Jos. VOA Westafrica correspondent Scott Stern has the story. President Goodluck Johnason fired national security advisor Saki Mukata and replaced him with retired lieutenant general Alio Gusau . Gusau held that post under former president Rusigo Basenzo and assumed by many as potential president (candidate) in next year's election having finished the second president ? in the last ruling party primary. Mr.Johnason moved to sack a national security advisor chosen by president Yoaduwa. It's the lastest move by acting president to solidify his position and time when president Yoaduwa is still recovering from a heart condition and the nation is facing renewed civil unrest. Nigerian troops are patroling villages near the city of Jos after Plateau state officials say the death toll from Sunday's ethnic and religious (violence) could be as high as 500. Residents in the village Dogonahawa say Fallani herdsmen raided their village before dawn shooting in the air to drop people out of their homes before attacking them with machetes and knives. Most of Fallani herdsmen are muslim, the villagers they attacked are prodomined of christian.Scott Stern VOA news Darkel. Iraqi is expected to announce the innitial results from Sunday parliamentry election in the coming hours in the major test of the new democracy. Irai officials plan to publish preliminary results today for Baghdad and some provinces. Iraqi capital is a key electoral prize for Iraq's competing factions as it commands about one fifths of the 325 seats in parliament. Riot police in Togo's capital Lomei have blocked Togo's main opposition candidate from leaving in March against alleged fraud in last week's presidential election. Hundreds of the demonstrators fought with riot police today near the headquaters of the opposition union forces for change party. Indonesian police say they have killed three (terrorism) suspects in two raids outside Jakarta. Officials believe one of the man killed today maybe Bola Martin one of the country's most wanted terrorist. Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Sali is offering to hold a dialogue with separatists in a gesture that follows government (crackdown) on the secession it's movement. In the speech today to a military acadamy. Mr.Sali says (southern) separatists welcome the discuss their political demands with it's northern Yemen based government. A US based human rights group says Bengladesh has forced tens of thousands ethnic group Henjiam muslims from neighbouring Burma into make-shift camps when they are facing starvation. In a report published today positions for human rights (describe) the Bengladesh camps set an open area prisons unregistered were Henjiam refugees. I'm David Deforest VOA news. More news on the internet at voanews.com.