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Europe Lauds Peace Prize Winner Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei was "shocked" and the International Atomic Energy Agency he heads in ecstasy after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1733141,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Time to play again! DW-WORLD's "Click Back" monthly review quiz for September 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- El Baradei & IAEA win Nobel Peace Prize The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and its Egyptian director general Mohamed ElBaradei for helping to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. Speaking to reporters, ElBaradei said he was extremely humbled and honoured, adding that the Nobel Peace Prize will strengthen his resolve. The Nobel committee said the IAEA and its chief deserve credit "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way". Blair and Chirac in Paris talks British Prime Minister Tony Blair has met with French President Jacques Chirac in Paris in an effort to minimise their differences over the future of the European Union. The meeting comes ahead of an informal gathering of EU heads of state Blair is hosting in London later this month. At a joint press conference Blair described his talks with Chirac as "very good and constructive". The summit is to focus on social issues and globalisation. Blair acknowledged that there would always be disagreements within the 25-nation EU, but he expressed optimism that the London talks would be constructive. CDU, SPD leaders: no comment on talks Following Thursday's coalition talks between German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of the Social Democrats and Christian Democratic Union leader Angela Merkel in Berlin, the people of Germany are still waiting to find out who will be the country's next chancellor. Neither Schroeder nor Merkel spoke to reporters following their four-hour meeting on Thurdsay evening, which also included SPD leader Franz Muentefering and Edmund Stoiber of the CDU's conservative sister party CSU. Prior to the talks, both sides said a coalition agreement should be expected following their next meeting on Sunday at the earliest. Germany's inconclusive parliamentary election took place on September 18. Spain begins expelling migrants Moroccan state media say six Africans have been killed in clashes with Moroccan soldiers who were guarding the fence surrounding the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Thousands of would-be immigrants have been trying to enter Melilla and another Spanish enclave on the northern Moroccan coast, Ceuta, in recent weeks. Five people died last week attempting to rush the fence to Ceuta. Spain has sent 70 Africans back to Morocco, as part of its new policy of expelling people who enter Melilla or Ceuta illegally. UN Cchief worried of African refugees The humanitarian organisation Médicins Sans Frontières says Moroccan authorities have left at least 500 African migrants stranded in the desert near Algeria without food or water. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has expressed concern over the refugee crisis in North Africa, calling the situation "highly charged". UN High Commissioner for Human rights Antonio Guterres says his agency is in consultation with both Spanish and Moroccan authorities to ensure that the would-be immigrants trying to enter Spanish territory receive fair and humane treatment. Bali bombing suspect eludes police Indonesian police say that one of the prime suspects in the suicide bombings on Bali was on the island shortly before last weekend's deadly blasts, which killed 22 people. Malaysian Noordin M. Top managed to escape just hours before a pre-dawn raid in the central Java village of Purwantoro. Noordin and fellow Malaysian Azahari bin Husin are the suspected masterminds behind Saturday's attacks on three packed restaurants in the popular beach resort. Indonesian authorities say the two were also behind the October, 2002, bombings of nightclubs in Bali's Kuta Beach that killed 202 people and other bomb attacks in the Indonesian capital Jakarta in 2004. General strike hits Belgium In Belgium a one-day general strike is causing major disruption to international and local travel. Trains ground to a halt late on Thursday ahead of Friday's action and the Channel high-speed Eurostar train suspended its services to Brussels due to the strike, stranding some travellers at stations in the capital. The strike has been called to protest against planned reforms in the government retirement system that would make it difficult for workers to retire early with full benefits. Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt is asking unions and businesses to accept raising the early retirement age from 58 to 60 to cut pension costs. Schools, banks and the postal system are also affected by the strike. New York transit system on alert Officials in New York say police are on high alert on the city's transport system after authorities received information of a credible security threat. New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters that commuters could expect an increased police presence in the transport system in the next few days. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the same news conference that the warning had come from the Federal Bureau of Investigation several days ago. He said the information wasn't immediately made public for operational reasons. Serbia charges 5 for Srebrenica killing Serbia has charged five members of a paramilitary group with the murder of six Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica, the first time Serbs have faced war crimes charges at home for the 1995 massacre in Bosnia. The five were arrested immediately after an amateur video of the executions was broadcast on Serbian television. The massacre of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995 was Europe's worst war crime since World War Two. A Bosnian government panel this week said 19,000 took part in the organised killing over several days, 17,000 of whom had been identified by name. Serbia's special war crimes court was set up two years ago to show Serbs were ready to face up to the crimes committed in their name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bundesliga is in full swing again! Get it all on DW-WORLD.DE: We offer you results, tables and live tickers of the matches. Check out picture galleries of the best players and interactive features such as quizes and betting games where Chinese Bayern Munich fans get a chance to compete against Texan Schalke supporters. 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