DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 26. 08. 2006 16:00 Uhr UTC ----------------------------------------------------------------------
The wait is over! The Bundesliga is in full swing again! Follow all the German soccer action with DW-WORLD.DE in our special section: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlrohIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlrogIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Iran Opens Nuclear Facility, Says No Threat to Israel President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted Saturday that Iran is no threat to Israel as he inaugurated a heavy-water production plant five days before a UN Security Council deadline to suspend nuclear fuel cycle work. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlrohIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlrogIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- German Muslims condemn train attacks The sixteen largest Muslim organisations in Germany have vehemently condemned the failed bomb attacks on two passenger trains on July 31. In a joint statement, they said the attacks could not be justified under Islam and that terrorism was a threat to and a crime against the whole of humanity. The statement went on to say that German Muslims were doubly affected, both as potential victims and because many people saw them as being partly to blame. The organisations also appealed to politicians not to cut civil liberties. Israeli army kills Palestinian in W Bank Israeli soldiers have shot dead one Palestinian and wounded five others in a clash in the West Bank. Witnesses say soldiers fired on Palestinians throwing stones at them in the city of Nablus, killing a youth. The incident took place after the army surrounded a building where two wanted militants were believed to be holed up. Israeli troops also detained four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip near the southern town of Rafah. Iran reasserts its atomic right Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again asserted that his country has a right to nuclear technology. He made the statement during the inauguration of a new heavy water plant at the Arak facility. The project, designed to feed heavy water to an adjacent research reactor still under construction, would potentially enable the new plant to produce weapons-grade plutonium needed for an atomic bomb. Tehran insists its nuclear research activities are for civilian purposes only. The UN Security Council has given Iran an August 31 deadline to halt its sensitive nuclear activities or face possible sanctions. Iraqi PM calls for reconciliation Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has urged hundreds of tribal leaders gathered in Baghdad to unite to end sectarian bloodshed between Sunnis and Shia. At least 17 people have been killed in violence that coincided with al-Maliki's push for reconciliation. Gunmen in the town of Baquba 65 kilometres north of Baghdad attacked a Shi'ite family, killing four and wounding 11. Four Kurdish civilians were killed in a drive-by shooting near the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Nine others were reported killed in other attacks across the country. Iraqi media quote officials as saying abducted Sunni member of parliament Tayseer al-Mashhadani has been freed after almost two months in captivity. No group has claimed responsibility for seizing her while travelling from Diyala province to a parliamentary session. Six soldiers killed in north Sri Lanka An explosion has killed six soldiers and wounded at least four in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula. The government blamed the separatist Tamil Tigers for the blast, which occurred during an operation to clear bunkers. Fighting in the northern region has killed over 600 soldiers and rebels over the past two weeks. A Red Cross ship has arrived off the Jaffna peninsula and begun unloading food and aid to an estimated 200,000 refugees and half a million local civilians. It is the first such shipment since road access to Jaffna was cut off two weeks ago. In the capital, Colombo, police say they have seized a major Tamil Tiger cache of mines, assault rifles and detonators. Uganda ceasefire deal reached Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group have signed a cessation of hostilities deal. The accord, which was finalised in Juba, Sudan, requires that both sides stop attacks and hostile propaganda as of Tuesday. Current talks are to continue until a final agreement is reached to end the 20-year war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced nearly two million people in northern Uganda. The rebels had declared a ceasfire on August 4. Kampala has offered amnesty to the LRA's leaders, who are wanted by the International Criminal Court and have not joined the talks. The rebel leadership has remained at bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo. US envoy to press Sudan over Darfur A US envoy heading to Khartoum has accused Sudan's government of preparing a new offensive in the war-scarred region of Darfur. Assistant Secretary of State for African affairs Jendayi Frazer said several rebel groups that had not signed a peace treaty in May were also rearming. She said she would press Sudan's President Omar al- Beshir to drop his objections to a 17,000-strong United Nations force. It would take over from 7,000 African Union troops. Frazer said she feared heavy civilian losses if Sudanese troops and rebels clashed. Recent war and famine have claimed about 300,000 lives. Seven insurgents killed in British strike British forces in Afghanistan have killed seven insurgents in a strike on a convoy preparing to attack NATO forces in the country's south. A spokesman from the NATO-led ISAF force said the attack occurred on Friday in the Musa Qala area of Helmand province. Earlier, two French special forces soldiers were killed and two more wounded in clashes with Taliban militants. French troops attached to the US-led operation "Enduring Freedom" are based in the southern city of Spin Boldak, near the Pakistan border. Bundesliga soccer scores In German Bundesliga soccer action, reigning champions Bayern Munich played to a 0-0 stalemate with neighbours FC Nuremberg, missing the chance to move to the top of the tables. Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund defeated VfB Stuttgart 3-1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please turn to our internet website at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlrohIfcha79I2&req=l%3D1hlrogIfcha79I2 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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