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China and US Block G4 Bid China and the US have agreed to work together to try and prevent the expansion of the United Nations Security Council to include a further six permanent seats, including one for Germany. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1668146,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Germany's Bundesliga kicks off this Friday with a match between Bayern Munich and Mönchengladbach. DW-WORLD offers you a live ticker, so be sure not to miss the first soccer event of the season! Go to http://www.dw-world.de/soccer and click on the live ticker banner to follow the action. It all starts at 6:30 p.m. UTC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Zawahiri threatens Britain and US A top al Qaeda operative has threatened further attacks in Britain and the United States in a new videotape shown on the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera. The group's no. 2 man, Ayman Al-Zawahri, said that British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Iraq policy led to the bombings on three London Underground trains and a bus on July 7. He also made deaths threats against the US military if it does not withdraw its troops from Iraq immediately. His statement came as thousands of police mounted a huge operation to protect London, exactly four weeks after suicide bombers killed 52 people in attacks on the transport system. NKorea won't give up nuke activities North Korea's envoy at six-party talks in Beijing has said that Pyongyang wants to have the right to maintain "peaceful nuclear activities." Kim Kye Gwan justified the demand by saying this right was allowed every other country in the world. Delegates in Beijing said that North Korea's condition and its refusal to give up all nuclear programmes have deadlocked talks, now in their 10th day. E3 concerned about Iran's intentions Britain, France and Germany have written a letter to Iran expressing concern over Tehran's resumption of nuclear activities. The so-called E3 said that Iran's decision to resume nuclear work at a plant in Isfahan would breach an agreement made in Paris as well as a resolution put forth by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The E3 added that Iran did not have an operational need to produce fuel and the reopening of the plant would put the real objectives of Iran's nuclear programme into question. Tehran says it only wants to generate electricity, but the West suspects it aims to make nuclear bombs. Sudanese pay tribute to Garang Thousands of southern Sudanese have turned out to pay their last respects to Vice President and former rebel leader John Garang, who was killed in a helicopter crash. Garang is to be buried on Saturday in Juba, the capital of autonomous southern Sudan. His funeral is expected to draw half a million mourners. His death sparked three days of rioting between northerners and southerners that left at least 130 people dead and around 350 wounded. Garang led the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in a bitter struggle with the Arab-dominated government for 21 years before signing a peace agreement in January. His death came less than a month after becoming Sudan's new first vice president under the peace deal. Troops name new leader in Mauritania Several members of the international community have strongly condemned the coup d'etat in Mauritania. The United States, the European Union, and the United Nations among several African states called the coup unconstitutional and appealed for the restoration of power to Mauritania's president. On Wednesday, Mauritania's army and security forces staged the coup while President Maaouya Ould Taya was out of the country. The coup leaders have since named former Mauritania Police Chief Ely Ould Mohammed Vall as their new leader. Palestinians hail Israel's Gaza pullout Thousands of Palestinians have rallied to celebrate Israel's imminent withdrawal from occupied Gaza and part of the West Bank. The festivities were held in Gaza City's main central square. The event was sponsored by the Palestinian Authority to raise awareness of the pullout and encourage Palestinians to mark it peacefully. Egyptian security officers have been brought in to help train a new Palestinian force to safeguard vacated Jewish settlements and prevent feared looting. Earlier, thousands of Israeli rightists opposed to the Gaza pullout were forced to suspend their protest march on Gaza settlements after Israeli security forces blocked their path. Ukraine bans poultry from Russia Ukraine has banned the import of poultry and poultry-related products from Russia and Kazakhstan to prevent the spread of avian flu. On Tuesday, Russia's agriculture ministry said a mass cull of birds was being carried out to contain the disease, which can be transmitted to humans. The strain of avian flu in Russia appears to have entered from China. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DW-WORLD's "Click Back" monthly review quiz for August 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. 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