DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 27. 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=1hlrptIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlrpfIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Syrian Charged in Germany Over Failed Bomb Plot A third man was charged with terrorist offences over suspected attempts to bomb passenger trains in Germany, a prosecutor said on Saturday, adding that more arrests in the case may follow. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlrptIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlrpfIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Western journalists freed in Gaza Two Western journalists from the US Fox News television network have been freed in the Gaza Strip after being held hostage for two weeks by Palestinian militants. US reporter Steve Centanni and freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig from New Zealand were seized by the previously unknown Holy Jihad Brigades, which had demanded that all Muslim prisoners be freed from US jails. Centanni said they were forced at gunpoint to convert to Islam and were often roughly treated. After their release, the two journalists urged fellow international reporters not to be put off working in Gaza by their ordeal. Kentucky plane crash, 49 people killed In the US state of Kentucky, a passenger plane carrying 50 people has crashed, killing all but one person on board. The one survivor, said to be a man, is in critical condition and is being treated at the University of Kentucky Hospital. There was no immediate word on what caused the crash shortly after take-off in a field less than 2 kilometres from Blue Grass Airport. Police said the plane was largely intact afterward, but there was a fire following the impact. A temporary morgue is being set up at the scene and the bodies will be brought to the state medical examiner's office. Bombs in Iraq kill at least 15 A series of bomb blasts across Iraq has left at least 15 people dead. A bomb planted in a mini van detonated outside the Palestine hotel in downtown Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring 16. Another car bomb in the capital targeted the government-run newspaper al-Sabah, killing at least three people and injuring 30. A bomb exploded in the town of al-Khalis, just north of Baghdad, killing six and wounding more than a dozen. The attacks came a day after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to Iraqis to support his national reconciliation plan to end sectarian fighting between Shiites and Sunnis, and terrorism by Sunni Arab insurgents. Iran test-fires sub-to-surface missile State television in Iran is reporting that the military has test-fired a long-range missile in the Persian Gulf. Iran's army, air and naval forces and missile units have been involved in week-long nationwide war games in a demonstration of the country's readiness to "respond to any threat". In April, the Islamic republic unveiled a wide range of weaponry including multiple-warhead missiles, high-speed torpedoes and radar-evading anti-ship missiles. The latest operations come amid rising international tension over Tehran's nuclear programme, which the West fears is a cover for efforts to build an atomic bomb. Bugti supporters riot in Quetta Authorities in the south-western Pakistan city of Quetta have imposed a round-the-clock curfew and soldiers have been called in to try to stem rioting that was sparked by the killing of a rebel tribal chief. Government officials said 79-year-old Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in a major military operation near his mountain hideout in Baluchistan province. Dozens of government forces and rebels are said to have been killed in the clash. Following the news of Bugti's death, rioting broke out in Quetta, the provincial capital, and it has since spread to other areas. Police say they have arrested at least 200 people in Quetta alone. British soldier killed in Afghanistan A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force has been killed and at least seven others injured in an attack in southern Afghanistan. The British Defence Ministry in London confirmed that the soldier had died of wounds sustained after being shot by insurgents in Helmand province. Ferry evacuates 150 from Jaffna A Red Cross ferry has arrived in north-eastern Sri Lanka with around 150 foreigners who had been trapped by fighting in the northern Jaffna peninsula. Red Cross officials said the evacuees were being brought to the capital, Colombo, by bus after arriving at the port of Trincomalee in the north-east. They said hundreds more were waiting to leave the peninsula, where heavy fighting broke out between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels earlier this month. German navy could take lead in UN force Germany could take the lead role in the naval element of a United Nations force for southern Lebanon. Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung told the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper that Germany had offered to play what he called a "dominant" role in patrolling Lebanon's coastline to prevent arms shipments. The leader of the Social Democratic Party, Kurt Beck has also suggested that Germany could lead the naval force. Meanwhile, the newsmagazine Der Spiegel reports that Germany could contribute as many as 1,200 troops to the force. That would make it the third-largest European contingent after Italy and France. The Defence Ministry in Berlin has neither confirmed nor denied the report. No immediate terror threat in Germany German police say there no longer appears to be any immediate threat of terrorist attacks in Germany. Joerg Ziercke, the head of the Federal Crime Office, told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that recent arrests in connection with last month's failed train bombings had neutralised that particular threat. Meanwhile, prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a Syrian suspect in connection with the failed plot. A spokesman for the Federal Prosecutors Office in Karlsruhe said the warrant was issued for the 23-year-old man taken into temporary custody on Friday in the southern city of Konstanz. He's one of two men being held in Germany in the case. Another turned himself in to police in Lebanon. Both of the bombs found on trains in Dortmund and Koblenz on July 31 failed to detonate. Germany in basketball quarterfinals In sports: Germany has advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Basketball Championship in Japan by beating Nigeria 78-77. Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki led the way for the Germans with 23 points. Germany will face the United States in Wednesday's quarterfinal, after the NBA stars crushed Australia 113-73 to advance. And in Bundesliga soccer action, Nuremberg remain top of the table after playing defending champions Bayern Munich to a scoreless draw. Elsewhere, Leverkusen and Wolfsburg drew 1-all, Dortmund beat Stuttgart 3-1, Aachen blanked Hanover 3-0, Cottbus downed Bochum 1-0 and Moenchengladbach beat Bielefeld by that same 1-0 score. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please turn to our internet website at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlrptIfcha79I2&req=l%3D1hlrpfIfcha79I2 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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