Deutsche Welle English Service News Oktober, 13, 2002, 16:00 UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: 182 Killed in Bali Terrorist Attack At least 182 people, mostly Western tourists, have been killed and several hundred others injured in two explosions at two packed nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http: http://dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1430_A_655012_1_A,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 182 killed in Bali bombings Powerful explosions on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have killed at least 182 people and injured nearly 300 hundred. The explosions took place near Kuta Beach. Most of the victims were foreign tourists, mainly Australians but also many Europeans. No one was injured by a later explosion near the office of the U.S. honorary consulate. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. President Megawati Sukarnoputri said the blasts were a warning that terrorism was a threat to national security. The United States denounced what it called a "despicable act of terror", which followed persistent reports that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network was trying to establish a foothold in the world's most populous Muslim nation. The blasts came on the second anniversary of the al-Qaeda linked attack against the USS Cole in the port of Aden, Yemen. French tanker in Yemen was targeted by attackers Yemen is now convinced attackers set off the blast that gutted a French supertanker in the Gulf of Aden last week and Western shipping executives have said the assault was probably the work of suicide bombers. Yemen, trying to shed an image as a haven for Islamist militants, had initially said a fire caused the explosion which killed one crewman, but sources close to the government-led probe said the Arab state was now sure it was deliberate. French diplomats had said from the start last Sunday's blast had probably occurred after a small boat rammed into the tanker's hull. Experts said the blast bore resemblances to the October 2000 attack on the U.S. destroyer Cole in Aden which Washington blames on al Qaeda. In that attack, suicide bombers rammed an explosives-laden boat into the Cole, killing 17 U.S. servicemen. Police probing internat link in bomb attack Police probing Finland's worst peacetime bomb attack are trying to work out whether their only suspect, a chemistry student who was among the seven dead, had found bomb-making instructions on the Internet. Investigators appealed to the public for information about the 19-year-old chemistry student, who lived at home with his parents, attended a technology institute in the Helsinki suburb of Vantaa and spent a lot of time hooked up to the Internet. The home-made bomb, weighing up to three kg went off close to a children's area in a shopping centre packed with 2,000 shoppers on Friday evening, killing seven people and injuring more than 80. Ivory Coast rebels says they've taken Daloa There are unconfirmned reports that Ivory Coast's rebels have entered the key cocoa industry town of Daloa and a senior military source said Angola had flown in troops to help the embattled government. Seizing the central town would be the most important rebel advance since they captured much of northern Ivory Coast in a failed coup on September 19. Daloa stands at the boundary between the Christian south that largely supports President Laurent Gbagbo and the rebel-held Muslim north, where many of the insurgents originate and which has long felt excluded from power. Meanwhile, Angolan troops reportedly landed in Abidjan to back President Gbagbo, but an Angolan presidential spokesman denied this. Israeli army kills four in Gaza Strip Two Palestinians, have been killed and more than 30 wounded in the Gaza Strip when Israeli troops raided a crowded refugee camp and razed houses. The army demolished two homes which it said concealed arms-smuggling tunnels. But the force of the blast brought down the walls of nearby homes, reportedly killing a three-year-old boy in one and wounding at least 25 people in others. The army often raids Rafah camp in operations it says are aimed at destroying tunnels dug by militants to bring in arms and fighters into the Gaza Strip from Egypt. It said soldiers had found one tunnel access point behind a baby's crib and another in a kitchen in the latest operation. Rafah is a militant stronghold and at least one Israeli army vehicle came under grenade attack during the raid. U.S. dismisses latest Iraqi rhetoric The United States has dismissed the latest Iraqi offer on weapons inspections as "word games" and repeated its call for sustained international pressure on Iraq to disarm. Iraq earlier said it was ready to receive weapons inspectors and give them unlimited access. But State Department officials remained skeptical, saying Iraq would continue to make contradictory promises and then choose not to comply. The UN Security Council opens debate on Wednesday on a resolution that would threaten Iraq if its defiance of U.N. weapons inspectors continues. Investigators to probe Ukrainian radar sales to Iraq International experts have arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kiev to probe alleged sales of military radar to Iraq. The 13-member team is reportedly made up of British and U.S. delegates. The US government last month accused President Leonid Kuchma of personally authorizing the sale of military radar equipment to Iraq in defiance of UN embargoes. Kuchma vehemently denied the allegations, which his foreign minister described as "unacceptable". Serbs vote in post-Milosevic presidential run-off Serbia has voted to choose its first president since toppling Slobodan Milosevic, but projections showed turnout was so low that the vote could be ruled invalid. Vojislav Kostunica, president of the Yugoslav federation, was widely expected to defeat liberal economist Miroljub Labus in the run-off vote. He has vowed to force out the government led by his arch-rival, Zoran Djindjic. But projections showed that only 21.7 percent of the electorate had turned out to vote. The election will be valid only if more than 50 percent turn out. African writer Achebe takes prize One of Africa's most revered novelists, Nigerian Chinua Achebe, has been awared with the German book trade's prestigious peace prize. Considered one of the founders of modern African literature and a pioneer of the African novel, 71-year-old Achebe has lived in the United States for 11 years. He is a literature professor at Bard College in New York state. The German Publishers and Booksellers Association, which sponsors the 15,000 euro award, said Achebe had contributed to "peace in regions that have been prey to cultural conflicts." Achebe is the 53rd recipient of the award, which in 2001 went to German philosopher Juergen Habermas. He is the third African to win the prize. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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