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English Service News
May 03th, 2002, 16:00 UTC
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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.
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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.
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