DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 12. 10. 2006 16:00 Uhr UTC ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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The jury in Sweden's capital Stockholm said Pamuk, in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city of Istanbul, has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures. Earlier this year, a Turkish court dropped a case against the best-selling author. He had been charged with humiliating Turkish identity for saying in an interview that nobody in Turkey dared discuss the massacre of over one million Armenians almost a century ago. The European Union criticised the trial, saying it raised concerns over freedom of speech in Turkey, which is seeking to join the 25-member bloc. France approves genocide bill The French parliament has adopted a bill making it a crime to deny that mass killings of Armenians in Turkey during World War I amounted to genocide. Deputies in the National Assembly voted 106-91 in favour of the bill. The legislation, sponsored by the Socialist Party and some members of the the ruling conservative UMP, has strained relations between France and Turkey. In Turkey's parliament, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said France should examine its own colonial past. Ankara denies that an estimated 1.5 million Armenians died in a systematic genocide 90 years ago when Turkey was the Ottoman Empire, saying large numbers of Christian Armenians and Muslim Turks actually died in a partisan conflict. Chirac, Merkel upbeat on Airbus French President Jacques Chirac says he shares Germany's concerns over the impact of restructuring plans at the troubled European aircraft manufacturer Airbus. There has been speculation that the facility in Hamburg would bear the brunt of the changes. Chirac said the burden must be shared between Hamburg and Toulouse. He was speaking following a regular meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris. Chirac also said he was confident that Airbus would pull out of its current crisis over the delivery of its new A380 jets. Merkel said Airbus was one of Europe's outstanding industrial projects. Meanwhile, newly appointed Airbus chief executive Louis Gallois has been visiting the Hamburg plant. He was appointed earlier this week after his predecessor, Christian Streiff, stepped down. SKorea condemns NKorea nuke South Korea's parliament has passed a resolution condemning North Korea's claim that it has carried out a nuclear test. It urged the communist nation to return to international negotiations over its nuclear programme. But North Korea's deputy leader, Kim Yong-Nam, says that's not possible right now. Meanwhile, both Japanese and Chinese officials have said no radiation fall-out has been detected following what North Korea claims was a nuclear test. Members of the United Nations Security Council are still trying to agree on how to censure North Korea. The United States has circulated a newly drafted resolution that would that would impose a travel ban but also softens language on cargo inspections and financial sanctions. This is seen as a move aimed at winning Russian and Chinese support. Motassadeq could face third trial Germany's supreme court appears likely to order that a Moroccan student who has been sentenced to seven years in jail in connection with the September 11 attacks be tried for a third time. A judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe said the Hamburg court that convicted Mounir el-Motassadeq last year of belonging to terrorist organisation should also have convicted him on about 3,000 counts of accessory to murder. The 32-year-old engineering student, who is currently free on bail pending the appeal court ruling, has denied at his previous two trials to have had any knowledge of the 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. The court is to announce whether it will order a retrial in about a month's time. Eleven die in raid on Iraqi TV station At least 11 people have been killed and several others wounded after gunmen raided the offices of a Sunni satellite television station in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Police said a number of gunmen pulled up to the building housing the Shaabiya televison station in several cars. They then stormed into the offices and opened fire, before fleeing. Elsewhere, at least five people were killed and 25 wounded in two synchronised car bomb blast in a square in central Baghdad. Three other Iraqis were killed and 15 wounded, when an explosive device attached to a motorcycle was detonated. That bombing is said to have targeted a police patrol. Indonesia marks 2002 Bali bombing anniversary On Bali, Indonesians and foreigners have marked the fourth anniversary of deadly bombings by Islamic extremists. Ceremonies were held across the resort island. Four years ago, bombings on two nightclubs killed over 200 people, mostly Western tourists, and were blamed on the al-Qaeda-linked group Jemaah Islamiyah. A subsequent attack occurred last year, which claimed the lives of 20 people. Three of the terrorists have meanwhile been sentenced to death. Court blames Russia for Chechens' deaths The European Court of Human Rights has found Russia responsible for the deaths of five Chechens by Russian soldiers in 2000. The five Chechens were members of the same family. The court has ruled that the Russian government must pay more than 200,000 euros in compensation to the family's relatives. Russian rights groups estimate there have been 3,000 to 5,000 disappearances in Chechnya since Russian troops moved to crush the breakaway region's self-declared independence in 1999. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bundesliga is in full swing again! 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