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Fears of Further London Attacks Rise Fears mounted Sunday that another wave of attacks was heading London's way as British police tried to pin down the network behind the previous bombers and the suspects already in custody began to talk. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1664136,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Last chance to play! DW-WORLD's "Click Back" monthly review quiz for July 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Suspect links London attack to Iraq Police in Britain have made six more arrests in connection with the failed bombings in London on July 21. Metropolitian police said searches were carried out at two properties in Sussex county, in southern England. In the meantime, Italian media have reported that one of the suspects in the failed London bombings told police in Rome that the attempted attack was revenge for the Iraq war. But the suspect, Osman Hussein, has reportedly denied having links to al Qaeda or with the bombers responsible for the July 7 attacks in London, which killed more than 50 people. Hussein, who is an Ethiopian-born British national, was arrested on Friday in the Italian capital after police tracked his movements through calls made from his cell phone. Gunmen strike official's convoy Gunmen in Iraq have ambushed the convoy of Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi in a town south of Baghdad. Police said one of Chalabi's body guards was killed. It was unclear if Chalabi was in the convoy when it came under attack. In another development, members of the committee writing Iraq's new constitution say they need more time to complete the draft and they plan to ask parliament for a 30-day extension. But President Jalal Talabani, under pressure from the United States, has insisted that the August 15 deadline for parliamentary approval must be met. A formal request for a delay will be submitted to parliament Monday. Students prepare to leave Pakistan Hundreds of foreign students in Pakistan's Islamic schools are preparing to leave the country in line with an expulsion order from President Pervez Musharraf. In a move to crack down on Pakistan's Islamic extremists, Musharraf ordered more than 800 militant suspects arrested in sweeping raids and told some 1,400 foreign madrassa students to leave Pakistan. More rains hit monsoon-ravaged India Authorities in India have told residents to remain at home as heavy rains began falling again across Mumbai and the west Indian coast. The distribution of food supplies have been badly slowed by the renewed monsoon rains, which have already caused major flooding and devastation. Aviation officials have ordered Mumbai's airports, the busiest in the country, to close because of poor visibility. US to release 7 Yemeni detainees The United States has agreed to hand over to Yemen seven Yemenis detained at the US Guantanamo Bay base on Cuba. Yemen's foreign minister, Abubakr al-Qirbi, said that Yemeni authorities had received official notification about the handover, but that a date had not been set. Some 107 Yemenis are said to be among about 510 detainees at the US base. Carter says Guantanamo a disgrace to US Former US President Jimmy Carter said the detention of terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay Naval base was an embarrassment and had given extremists an excuse to attack the United States. Speaking at the Baptist World Alliance's centenary conference in Birmingham, England, Carter also criticised the US-led war in Iraq, saying it was "unnecessary and unjust." Critics of President George W. Bush's administration have long accused his government of unjustly detaining terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Hundreds of men detained in the war on terror have been held indefinitely at the prison, without charge or access to lawyers. EU to give proposals to Iran in a week Britain's Foreign Office has said the UK, France and Germany will deliver proposals to Iran on the nuclear issue in one week's time. Britain said that was in line with an agreement made at a meeting in Geneva in May between Iran and the EU trio. Earlier, Iran said it would restart some nuclear activities on Monday unless it receives European Union proposals on Sunday to break a diplomatic impasse. Britain said that would be an "unnecessary and damaging" step and that it was seeking clarification of Iran's intentions. The EU is due to offer Iran some economic and political incentives in return for an indefinite suspension of enrichment activities. North Korea nuclear talks contine Negotiators from six nations are still trying to work out a joint statement on eliminating North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. The intense talks being held in Beijing are now into their sixth day and look set to drag on. The draft statement presented by China seeks a way forward in the three-year standoff with Pyongyang. But disputes remain over demands by the communist state for what it will get in return for scrapping its nuclear programme. After hours of intense discussion, more meetings were planned for Monday. Uzbek government asks US to leave The US has confirmed that Uzbekistan formally asked it to leave a military base that has served as a hub for American operations in Afghanistan. The notice to leave Karshi-Khanabad air base, known as K2, was handed to the US embassy in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on Friday. The Washington Post newspaper reported that the US had been given six months to move aircraft, personnel and military equipment from the base. Uzbekistan has been an ally of the US in Central Asia, but relations have become strained since Washington criticised the Uzbek government for its violent suppression of a protest in the city of Andijan earlier this year. Emergency food aid arrives in Niger A first wave of emergency food aid has arrived in the famine-stricken West African country of Niger. French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, who visited Niger on Saturday, announced an extra 1.5 million euros of French aid to its former colony. He blamed the entire international community for its slow response. The hunger crisis in Niger affects as much as one third of its 12 million people, including hundreds of thousands of children. Niger is among the world's least developed countries, and two years of drought and a locust infestation have devastated the region. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Send us your favorite picks for sight-seeing, museum hopping, historical edification whatever youve got to share with others heading to Germany. Restaurants, hotels, back-country hideaways write to us with your insider tips and tell us about what you liked best about traveling in Germany. For more information, please go to http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1096790,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. News and background reports from the fields of current affairs, culture, business and science. 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