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EU to Pull Plug on Negotiations With Iran The EU will officially announce an end to negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program and will recommend that the issue be taken up by the UN Security Council. However, officials maintain an offer stays on the table. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hm1btIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hm1bsIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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=1hm1btIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hm1bsIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bush wants UN to impose N Korean sanctions US President George W. Bush has urged the UN Security Council to pass a resolution that would impose tough sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test. In his weekly radio address, Bush said resolute UN action would send out a strong signal to the North Korean regime that the international community would not tolerate its actions. Earlier Russia and China raised new objections to a draft resolution that could delay a vote planned for this Saturday. Russia said any sanctions should only be imposed for a limited amount of time. The latest draft demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons but expressly rules out military action against the country. US scientists say that traces of radioactive gas found near the site of last week's alleged test are consistent with a nuclear explosion. S. Korean elected UN Secretary-General The 192-member United Nations General Assembly has formerly approved South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon for the post of UN secretary-general. Ban will succeed Kofi Annan when he steps down in December after serving 10 years in office. The 62-year-old career diplomat said he intends to use the Asian virtue of modesty to lead the world organization, but warned that this should not be mistaken for weakness. Ban, who is only the second Asian to hold the position, also said he was committed to streamlining the UN. German leaders also sent their congratulations with Chancellor Angela Merkel promising to support Ban's reform efforts. German FM says talks with Iran still possible Germany's foreign minister has said that he currently sees no prospect of a breakthrough in the talks on Iran's nuclear programme. Frank- Walter Steinmeier said the international community was preparing to impose sanctions on Iran after the leadership there refused to back down over its nuclear programme. However Steinmeier said the option of talks would remain open for Iran. Iran recently rejected an incentives package aimed at persuading it to end its uranium enrichment work. German CSU leader says no to Turkey The leader of Germany's conservative Christian Social Union party has again said that EU accession talks with Turkey should be stopped. Edmund Stoiber told party delegates at a conference in Augsburg that Turkey should not be allowed to join the bloc until it officially recognises Cyprus. On domestic issues, Stoiber accused the leader of the Social Democrats, Kurt Beck, of not showing enough solidarity with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Stoiber said the Social Democrats, who form the grand coalition government with Merkel's Christian Democrats, were blocking important reform projects. Seven Palestinians killed, 18 wounded in Israeli raid Seven Palestinians have been killed and 18 wounded during an Israeli raid on the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza overnight. Palestinian security officials said Saturday 20 Palestinians have been killed since Thursday in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. Israel says its operations are aimed at putting an end to homemade rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel. The deaths bring to 5,434 the number of people killed since the September 2000 Palestinian uprising, most of them Palestinians. US to investigate abuses at Guantanamo Bay The Pentagon has ordered an investigation into the latest charges of abuse at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Whitehouse spokesman Tony Snow said the order came after a US Marine sergeant said she'd heard guards at the detention centre boasting about physically and mentally abusing inmates. The US is still holding some 400 people at Guantanamo despite international calls for the camp to be closed. EADS crisis continues to loom Germany's economics minister has spoken out against his government's reported plans to buy a stake in the European Aerospace giant EADS, which includes the troubled aircraft maker Airbus. Michael Glos said any participation by the state-owned KfW bank would not lead to a resolution of the crisis. This comes after EADS announced that it had taken full control of Airbus after British defence contractor BEA sold back its stake worth 2.7 billion euros. The German government is concerned that the setbacks to the Airbus A380 could affect jobs and production in Germany, home to some 20,000 employees. Russian court shuts down Chechnya-linked NGO A Russian non-governmental group aimed at promoting dialogue between Russians and Chechens has become the first NGO to be closed under new anti-extremist legislation. A Russian newspaper reported Saturday that the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, which is based in the western city of Nizhny Novgorod, was shut down under the new amendment. Amnesty International has condemned the closure, saying in a statement it could provide a "blueprint for a further crackdown on independent voices." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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=1hm1btIfcha79I2&req=l%3D1hm1bsIfcha79I2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please turn to our internet website at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hm1btIfcha79I3&req=l%3D1hm1bsIfcha79I3 Here you'll find out what's happening in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. 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