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Deutsche Welle English Service News 19.09.2002, 16:00 UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Show of Support for Schr�der from Blair Europe�s most prominent supporter of military action in Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is the first European leader to have expressed support for Schr�der's "go-it-alone" stance in the Iraq debate. 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_639818_1_A,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Suspected suicide bomb attack in Israel leaves at least 5 dead At least five people have been killed in an explosion on a bus in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Police said the blast, which also left more than 40 people injured, appeared to have been the work of a Palestinian suicide bomber. The explosion happened in one of Tel Aviv's busiest shopping districts. Israeli media reports said the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad had claimed responsibility for the attack. Earlier the same group said it carried out another suicide bombing which killed an Israeli policeman in northern Israel on Wednesday. The Palestinian leadership has meanwhile responded by condemning the bombing while Israel accused Palestinian security forces of doing nothing to stop such attacks. Mutiny in the Ivory coast kills minister and former ruler The interior minister and the former military ruler have reportedly been killed during an uprising by soldiers in the Ivory Coast. The Ivorian ministry of defence said ex-military leader, General Robert Guei, was found dead in the main commercial city, Abidjan, just hours after he was accused of being behind a troop mutiny. The death of Interior Minister Emile Boga has also been confirmed by diplomatic sources. Heavy fighting broke out in Abidjan before dawn with at least ten people being killed. There has been heavy fighting in at least two other main towns. The shooting broke out as President Laurent Gbagbo was in Rome. There, his aides said the situation was under control and there had been no attempt to seize power by force. Bush says prepared to take action against Iraq without UN support U.S. President George W. Bush has said he will ask the U.S. Congress to endorse a possible attack against Iraq if needed and has warned the United Nations Security Council to deal with Iraq or Washington will. Bush said that a proposed resolution he will send to Congress later will seek congressional endorsement of the use of military force against Baghdad if needed. Iraq welcomes German offer to take part in UN arms inspections The Iraqi government has called on the United Nations to accept an offer from Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for German experts to take part in UN weapons inspections in Iraq. On Tuesday, Schroeder gave UN Secretary General Kofi Annan credit for convincing Baghdad to allow the return of arms inspectors and proposed German experts for the inspection teams. Schroeder offered the services of German experts in biological and chemical weapons and missile technology, as well as the use of laboratory facilities. The German leader's comments followed Baghdad's announcement that it would allow the unconditional return of UN weapons inspectors, who were pulled out of the country in 1998. EU to cut financial assistance to Kosovo European External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten has hailed Kosovo as a success as he announced a reduction in EU's financial assistance to the UN-administered Yugoslav province. The foreign policy commissioner said the budget for Kosovo in 2003 would be 50 million euros, down from 320 million euros in 2001. Since the war ended in 1999, the EU has given one billion euros towards the reconstruction of the war-torn province, although more remains to be done. Germany bans 16 groups linked to Turkish 'Caliph' Germany has banned 16 organisations accused of links to a Cologne- based group outlawed under security legislation in December. The Interior Ministry said police had carried out around 100 raids across Germany searching apartments and confiscating documents and funds connected to the groups. Two other groups with suspected links to the Cologne based Caliphat group set up in Germany in 1984, are still being investigated. The declared aim of the caliphat is the overthrow of Turkey's secular regime and its replacement by a fundamentalist Islamic state. The German authorities also said the movement was anti-democratic and anti-semitic. German police raid suspected child sex rings Police in western Germany have searched more than 160 homes in a series of swoops on suspected paedophile circles, seizing computers and other materials. According to porsecutors there were no arrests. The suspects are thought to have downloaded child pornography videos onto their computer using credit card payments. Officials said some may also have abused children themselves in order to gain access to a paedophile ring. Officials said they were tipped off by US authorities after two suspected child pornography video dealers from Braunschweig in central Germany, left their credit card details on a US Internet server. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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