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Airbus Set to Announce Massive Restructuring To combat production delays and escalating costs, EADS managers plan drastic changes for Airbus. German and French interests are at odds. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlynkIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlyoaIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Need a good laugh? Then check out DW-WORLD.DE'S From the Fringe Special, which regularly brings you quirky stories from and about Germany. To find out more, go to http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlynkIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlyoaIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Five children die in Amish shooting Two more children have died of wounds from the school shooting in the US state of Pennsylvania raising the death toll to five. The gunman had earlier killed three girls and wounded eight others after taking pupils hostage at a school of the Amish religious community in the village of Paradise. Charles Carl Roberts IV released all women and boys before tying up the girls and opening fire. He then killed himself. Authorities say Roberts left apparent suicide notes. Police are investigating reports that the killings came in revenge for an event 20 years ago. The attack is the third fatal shooting at a US school within a week. Sharp reax to N. Korea's nuke threat Major powers have reacted sharply to North Korea's threat to stage a nuclear test in reaction to increasing US hostility toward the communist regime. Japan, the US, the UK, Russia and France have warned the country to exercise restraint as such a test would seriously undermine regional and international security. The US said a nuclear test would in fact serve to further isolate North Korea. Pyongyang made the threat to carry out the test on state media. It gave no precise date as to when a test might occur. North Korea has repeatedly said it has nuclear weapons, but has not conducted any known tests to substantiate its claim. France rejects Iranian nuke proposal France has rejected a proposal from Iran to set up a consortium to produce enriched uranium on Iranian soil. Earlier, the deputy chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Agency had proposed the measure as a possible solution to the international impasse over Tehran's suspect nuclear programme. A spokesman for the French foreign ministry said that the "channel of dialogue" must pass through EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Tehran maintains its nuclear ambitions are purely for the production of domestic energy. Russia-Georgia crisis continues In the escalating diplomatic unrest between Georgia and its northern neighbour Russia, Georgia's finance minister has vowed to seek compensation from Russia for damage caused by economic sanctions. Economic Development Minister Irakly Chogovadze has said that the Russian decision to cut rail, air, sea and postal links had breached numerous agreements. Russia imposed the restrictions on the former Soviet state despite the release on Monday of four Russian officers accused of spying. Tensions in the region are increasing because Georgia wants to join NATO and the European Union. Russia wants the country to remain under its sphere of influence. Rice urges Palestinians to end fighting The Arab League has called for an immediate end to Palestinian factional fighting in the Gaza and the West Bank, describing it as unprecedented "madness." The announcement comes after Fatah gunmen threatened to kill leaders of the governing Hamas group in an escalating power struggle between the two sides. The threat comes after the worst internal violence the Palestinian territories has seen since the since the Palestinian Authority was created in 1994. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is on a tour of the Middle East, has also appealed to both sides to stop the bloodshed. 100 arrested in counter neo-Nazi demo In the eastern German city of Leipzig police have arrested over one hundred people during violent protests against a neo-Nazi march which was planned to coincide with the 16th anniversary of German unification. A police spokesman said hundreds of left-wing radicals hurled missiles, erected barricades and set fire to a patrol car as they tried to stop the neo-Nazi rally. Some 2,000 riot police were on duty to protect the 200 neo-Nazi marchers, who paraded through the city centre. Local politicians, trade unions and religious groups had called for a peaceful demonstration against the rally. Additional delay for A380 superjumbo Delivery of the Airbus A380 superjumbo, the largest commercial airliner ever built, will be delayed another 10 months, according to one of the aircraft's customers, the Dubai-based Emirates Airlines. According to Emirates chief Tim Clark, Airbus informed his company of the new delay in delivery of the plane, which leaves the A380 programme some 22 months behind schedule. Emirates is the A380's largest customer, having ordered 43 of the planes, which can seat between 555 and 800 passengers, depending on the aircraft's configuration. Problems with the electric wiring of the A380 have led to three delivery postponements, which in turn caused the share price of Airbus's parent company EADS to plunge. Germany celebrates reunification Unity Day celebrations are underway in Germany marking 16 years since the former communist east rejoined the west. In an address in Kiel, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germans should be more positive, take more risks and not just dwell on negative issues. Meanwhile, the minister responsible for the development of the eastern states has said that despite some progress, economically depressed regions in the east are likely to remain dependent on financial aid from western states for another 15 to 20 years. Iraq: 30 dead, anti-violence plan passed Iraqi lawmakers from Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish parties have endorsed a four-point plan that's intended to halt sectarian killings. They are still to work out details of how to put aside their sharp divisions and work together to halt the daily killings. At least 30 people were killed in violence around Iraq on Tuesday. Meanwhile two police commanders have been suspended. They're accused of being behind the kidnapping of 26 people in the Iraqi capital. Many were later found dead. Iraqi security forces, particularly police forces controlled by the interior ministry, are said to turn a blind eye to Shiite death squads involved in kidnapping and killings. 90,000 attend Open Mosque Day In Germany, around 90,000 people visited over 800 places of Islamic worship on the tenth annual Open Mosque Day. The Central Council of Muslims in Germany organised the event. It's said to be the only one like it in the world, according to the council. People were able to inform themselves issues ranging from the purpose of Ramadan, the differences between religions and the role of women in Islam. The event was first held in 1997. There are around 2,500 mosques in Germany. Austrian government resigns Austria's centre-right coalition government has officially tendered its resignation, two days after losing parliamentary elections. President Heinz Fischer accepted the resignation and asked the coalition to stay in office until the new government is sworn in. In Sunday's poll, the Social Democrats pulled off a surprise victory over the ruling People's Party by a narrow margin which could lead to a grand coalition of the Social Democrats and the conservatives. Zambia's Mwanawasa sworn in again Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has been sworn in again after winning a second five-year term in last Thursday's poll. This comes after the election commission confirmed his victory with 43 percent of the vote. His main challenger Michael Sata got 30 percent and urged his supporters to stay calm after two days of rioting in slum areas of Lusaka. He accused Mwanawasa of vote-rigging but said he would not waste time challenging the result in court. 6.5 mn attend Oktoberfest over 18 days The Oktoberfest comes to an end today in Bavaria's capital Munich. Over 6 and half million visitors attended the 18-day beer festival. This year's event was two days longer to accommodate Tuesday's United Day holiday. Visitors downed an estimated 6.1 million liters of beer, and ate half a million chicken. Americans win Nobel physics prize Two Americans have won this year's Nobel prize for physics. The jury in Stockholm said John Mather and George Smoot had provided new insights into the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe through their work with a satellite programme. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click Back is waiting for you! DW-WORLD invites you to participate in the October version of our monthly quiz and win a great prize. To play, go to: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlynkIfcha79I2&req=l%3D1hlyoaIfcha79I2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please turn to our internet website at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlynkIfcha79I3&req=l%3D1hlyoaIfcha79I3 Here you'll find out what's happening in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. 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