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Deutsche Welle English Service News May 03th, 2002, 16:00 UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Bells Toll for Victims of School Shooting The city of Erfurt mourns for those killed in last week's tragic shootig incident, which cost the lives of 17 and brought the subject of youth violence into national focus. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1430_A_512035_1_A,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Israeli Raid on Nablus; Powell Talks of Peace Conference Israeli forces staged another raid in the West Bank with an incursion into the town of Nablus earlier on Friday. Two Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were killed after troops stormed a hideout of a group of suspected militants who were allegedly planning suicide bombings in Israel. Israeli sources said the brief operation, in which about 15 people were detained, was aimed at tearing down a "terror infrastructure." The fighting in Nablus and the on-going stand-off in Bethlehem has shown just how far the Israelis and Palestinians remained from peace despite the breakthrough which ended Yasser Arafat's confinement. Meanwhile, in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he wanted to launch a Middle East peace conference following what he called "a window of opportunity" with the end of the siege at Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah. Powell said details of such a conference still had to be decided, but Europe was the likely venue. Thousands Mourn German School Shooting Victims Thousands of Germans along with the country's leaders have come together for an outdoor memorial service to mourn the victims of last week's highschool shooting. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and other German politicians sat through light rain in the town square of Erfurt where the shooting occurred. In an address at the service, President Johannes Rau called on Germans to take responsibilty for the nation's children. The highschool massacre, in which 16 people were killed, has triggered a national debate about violence on television and in video games. On Thursday night, Schroeder held talks with the executives of public and private TV channels on self-regulation of violence in the media. They agreed to a regular series of consultations. MiG Crash in India An Indian air force fighter plane has crashed into a suburb of the Indian city of Jalandar, killing at least seven people. Another 25 residents have been hurt. Buildings hit in the crash included a bank and adjacent shops. Most of the victims were reportedly bank employees. The plane's pilot and co-pilot ejected after flames emerged from the engine. They were said to be recovering in the hospital. The Russian-made plane was on a training flight when the accident occurred. Nepal Says 90 Rebels Killed; PM Rejects Peace Talks Nepal's Prime Minister has rejected an offer to resume peace talks with Maoist rebels after fierce fighting took place overnight. Ninety rebels were killed in battles with troops. The death toll was the highest in more than two weeks since some 250 rebels were believed killed in a crackdown. On Thursday, the rebels said they were ready for talks to try to end their six-year rebellion. But government officials said there would be no talks while the insurgents were still armed. Milosevic's Right Hand Man Pleads Not Guilty At the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Former Yugoslav deputy premier Nikola Sainovic has pleaded not guilty to crimes against humanity. Sainovic was considered to be Slobodan Milosevic's right hand man during a Serb crackdown in Kosovo against ethnic Albanians in 1999. He is the second member of Milosevic's inner circle to surrender to the court in a week. Sainovic pleaded not guilty to five counts of violations of war and crimes against humanity as they were read out to him in the court. Milosevic and his former colleagues are charged with crimes against humanity and violations of the laws and customs of war, including responsibility for the murders of hundreds of Kosovo Albanians. Latest Polls in Germany Show SPD behind CDU German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats have slipped further behind the conservative opposition ahead of September's general election, according to two key opinion polls released on Friday. Schroeder's Social Democrats now trail the CDU/CSU Christian Democratic alliance by six percentage points according to a poll by the Emnid institute. Another poll showed support for the SPD nine points behind the conservatives. In the weekly Emnid survey of around 1,000 people, 34 percent said they would vote for the Social Democrats while 40 percent would vote for the CDU/CSU. Le Pens Says Election Fraud Will Cost Him Victory Two days ahead of France's presidential election, right-wing candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen has said that massive electoral fraud would deprive him of victory against President Jacques Chirac. The remark made during a news conference follows other comments by Le Pen apparently aimed at preparing supporters for what is expected to be a landslide defeat on Sunday. Le Pen did not say whom he suspected vote-rigging nor did he say he would contest the result. Opinion polls in France predict that incumbent Jacques Chirac will get at least 75% of the votes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please turn to our internet website at http://dw-world.de/english Here you'll find out what's happening in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. 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