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March of Living Marks Holocaust The hollow wail of the traditional Jewish shofar cut through the air of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in southern Poland on Thursday, signaling the start of a huge march in memory of the Holocaust. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1575086,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DW-WORLD's "Click Back" monthly review quiz for May is waiting for you and will test your knowledge of stories we've written. If you answer all questions correctly, you can also win a great prize. To play, please go to: http://www.dw-world.de/english ---------------------------------------------------------------------- More deadly attacks in Baghdad At least 24 people have been killed in a series of attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. An Interior Ministry official said nine policemen were shot dead in their squad cars and more than a dozen people died in a separate explosion at an army recruitment centre. Thursday's attacks follow a massive suicide bombing at a police recruitment centre in the Kurdish city of Arbil in northern Iraq. At least 60 people were killed there and over 150 others wounded. Members of Iraq's police force and police volunteers are frequently targeted by insurgents, who view them as collaborators with US-led forces. Italian PM says relations with US good Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is committed to keeping troops in Iraq despite the killing of an Italian secret agent by US troops near Baghdad two months ago. Berlusconi told members of parliament that the disagreement between Rome and Washington over the events that led to Nicola Calipari's death would not damage US-Italian relations. Calipari was escorting a freed Italian hostage to Baghdad's airport, when he was gunned down by US troops as their car approached a military checkpoint. Bulgaria to pull troops out of Iraq The Bulgarian parliament has voted to withdraw the country's troops from Iraq by the end of this year. The decision came after a heated debate, with 110 votes in favour, 53 against and 45 abstentions. Most of the country's 460 troops in Iraq are to leave by the end of next month. But a new parliament could review the decision, following the June 25 general election. Britons go to polls to elect new gov't Voters in Britain are casting their ballots to elect a new government. Recent opinion polls indicate that Tony Blair is set to become the first prime minister to lead the Labour Party to a third straight election win. But they also indicate that Labour could lose seats. Opposition leaders Michael Howard of the Conservatives and Charles Kennedy of the Liberal Democrats have attacked Blair's credibility over his decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq two years ago. But Blair is expected to win based largely on the strength of the British economy. More al Qaeda raids after No. 3 caught Pakistani security forces have arrested about a dozen al Qaeda suspects. The raids were carried out after officials interrogated the man believed to be the terror network's third in command, Abu Faraj al Libbi. Pakistani officials announced the arrest of the Libyan national on Wednesday. Al Libbi is wanted in connection with two attempts to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in late 2003, in which 17 people died. Thousands gather for March of Living Tens of thousands of Jews, and non-Jews alike are marching through the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland, in memory of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. This year's annual three-kilometre-long March of the Living was expected to be the biggest in history as it comes 60 years after the Nazi concentration camps were liberated. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Polish counterpart, Marek Belka were to take part in the event. People in Israel meanwhile, marked the annual Holocaust rememberance day by observing two-minutes of silence. Blast outside British consulate in NY Police in New York are investigating a predawn blast outside of the British consulate. The blast shattered some windows but caused no injuries. Police said they found fragments of two homemade explosive devices at the scene. IBM to axe 13,000 jobs mainly in Europe The world's largest computer company, IBM, has announced it will cut up to 13,000 jobs world wide as part of a shake-up to improve European operations. Most of the job losses, about 4 percent of IBM's total workforce, will be in Europe. The computer giant said it wants to reduce bureaucracy and scale back slower-growth countries. The news follows just weeks after IBM reported worse-than-expected earnings in the first quarter. The New York-based company blamed the problems on a failure to close business deals and Europe's slow economic growth in key markets. BAR banned for two races The BAR Formula One racing team has been banned from the next two races after the sport's governing body decided that the team had broken regulations. FIA ruled that the car driven by Britain's Jenson Button in last month's San Marino Grand Prix was underweight. Button had finished third in the race. The team was also retroactively banned from that race which means they forfeit the points they won there. BAR was also handed a six-month ban, suspended for one year. 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