DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 08. 10. 2006 16:00 Uhr UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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=1hlzn2Ifcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlznoIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Iran Poses "Credibility Test" for World The international community faces a test of its credibility over how to react to Iran's controversial nuclear program, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Sunday. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlzn2Ifcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlznoIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Afghans hunt killers of German journalists Authorities in Afghanistan have identified up to six people they want to question about the killing of two German journalists who worked for Deutsche Welle. The two Germans, Karen Fischer and Christian Struwe, were shot dead in the early hours of Saturday when gunmen attacked them in their tent in Baghlan province, about 120 km north of the capital, Kabul. They were traveling from Baghlan to the central province of Bamiyan when they stopped to camp for the night. A Taliban spokesman said his group was not responsible. The two freelance journalists had just spent some time with German NATO troops in the north of the country. Germany has a contingent of about 2,800 troops with NATO's Afghan mission. Russian journalist murdered in Moscow A leading Russian journalist known for her critical coverage of the Kremlin and the war in Chechnya has been found shot dead in Moscow. Police said the body of Anna Politkovskaya was found in the elevator of her apartment block, along with the murder weapon and at least four spent cartridges. They said she died of multiple gunshot wounds and that her killer fired the shots from point-blank range. The European Council has called for a swift and complete investigation of the killing. Japan's Abe meets Hu in Beijing Chinese President Hu Jintao says the current visit to Beijing by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has marked a "positive turn" in relations. After greeting Abe in the Great Hall of the People, President Hu said he hoped that the Japanese prime minister's visit would serve to improve and develop bilateral ties. Abe said that Japan and China had agreed that a North Korea nuclear test cannot be tolerated and that Pyongyang should return unconditionally to negotiations on its nuclear program. Latvia government wins election victory Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis and his centre-right coalition have secured enough seats to become Latvia's first government to win consecutive terms of office. The final tally showed Kalvitis's People's Party, with its partners the Greens, the Farmers Union and Latvia's First Party, had won just shy of 45 percent of the vote. The coalition now has enough support to secure 51 seats in Latvia's 100-seat parliament. Belgians vote in local elections Voters in Beligum are casting their ballots in local elections that are expected to see big gains for the extreme-right party Vlamse Belang in the Dutch-speaking north. Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has campaigned hard, aiming to stave off heavy losses for his Dutch-speaking Liberal Democrats. His national coalition partner, the French-speaking Socialists, also appeared set to suffer losses in the wake of scandal allegations in the southern Wallonia region. Protesters in Iran clash with police In Iran, hundreds of people clashed with police in a demonstration of support for a cleric who advocates the separation of church and state. Police used teargas to disperse the crowd estimated at 200 in front of Ayatollah Mohammad Kazemeini Boroujerdi's home in the capital, Tehran. Boroujerdi, a senior Shi'ite cleric, heads a movement calling for separating religion from politcs, a taboo subject in Islamic Iran. The protesters were demanding the release of some of Boroujerdi's followers whom they said had been detained. US, Iraqi troops kill 30 in Shi'ite city clashes US and Iraqi troops have killed 30 militants in fierce fighting in the flashpoint southern Shi'ite city of Diwaniya. The US military said in a statement that the clashes broke out after the joint US-Iraqi force tried to arrest what they termed a "high-value target." It also said they had captured the suspect without naming who he was. Diwaniya's southern districts are a stronghold of the Mehdi Army militia of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. A Mehdi Army official, who declined to be named, denied any involvement in the fighting and blamed rogue gunmen. VW to announce fusion with Scania and MAN Workers representatives at MAN AG are threatening large-scale protests against Volkswagen AG, amid reports on Sunday that the German carmaker's truck division is planning a three-way fusion with Scania AB of Sweden and Munich-based MAN. The merger would make Volkswagen Europe's largest truckmaker. Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen already holds a 19 percent stake in Scania. VW chief Bernd Pischetsrieder is reportedly meeting in Stockholm with representatives from the two other companies. Wolf Lepenies awarded Peace Prize A leading German intellectual, academic and journalist, Wolf Lepenies, has been awarded the annual Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in Frankfurt. That's Germany's top literary honour. The 65-year-old Lepenies accepted the award in in Frankfurt's Church of St. Paul. The prize's board of trustees said Lepenies had earned the award as "an erudite scientific author, an eloquent biographer and a thought- provoking essayist. The award ceremony comes on the final Sunday of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Alonso wins, leads drivers' standings In sports: Defending Formula 1 drivers' champion Fernando Alonso has won the Japanese Grand Prix. This, coupled with the fact that Michael Schumacher failed to finish the race, has given Alonso a 10-point lead atop the standings. The German was forced to retire after his Ferrari's engine broke down. 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