Beyond that, it

recommend

s the deployment of up to 200 unarmed military observers, principally to monitor the process of dealing with Gaddafi loyalists, as well as up to 190 UN police officers to help train local forces.

All of this would be implemented

only if

requested by the Libyan transitional authorities and approved by the Security Council.

Syrian activists say security forces have killed at least six people as they continue to try to crush protests against President Assad. Activists say five people were killed during raids in the town of Sarmin, in the northwest. Other military operations are reported in towns near Damascus and Homs and a village near the Lebanese border. One of the most influential Sunni clerics, the Sheikh of al-Azhar in Cairo, has condemned attacks on protesters taking refuge in mosques.

Clashes have broken out between Christians and Muslims in the Nigerian city of Jos. Hundreds of people have been killed in religious clashes in the town since the beginning of this year. From Lagos, Tomi Oladipo has this report.

It's believed the fighting was

sparked off

following a

scuffle

at a mosque in a Christian neighbourhood in Jos. Groups of Christian and Muslim youths armed with stones, clubs and machetes clashed, and dozens of vehicles were set ablaze. Police have been struggling to contain the situation, and the violence keeps spreading. The number of casualties is not clear at the moment. What is certain is the heightened tension which has gripped the city in this fragile fault line at the heart of Nigeria's inter-religious conflict. And now it appears the government has no permanent solution for this