DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News August 3rd 2006, 16:00 UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD:
Rail Security Questioned After Two Bombs Found on Trains German politicians questioned security on trains and in stations as authorities continue their investigations after finding two bombs on trains this week. Rail officials said they cannot guarantee complete safety. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlo2sIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlo2rIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click Back is waiting for you! DW-WORLD invites you to participate in the August version of our monthly quiz and win a great prize. To play, go to http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlo2sIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlo2rIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 900 killed in Israeli strikes says Lebanon British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said in his monthly press conference in London that once the United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution on Lebanon, Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas must suspend their military offensives. Earlier, Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said that at least 900 people have been killed and more than 3,000 wounded so far in the fighting. He also said that one million people had been forced from their homes. Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said his country was close to reaching its objectives against Hezbollah in Lebanon. This comes as the Israeli air force once again hit targets in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, early today. Hezbollah, meanwhile, claim to have killed five Israelis in rocket strikes on northern Israel. Israel army releases Qana report The Israeli army has released the first findings of an internal investigation following last Sunday's air strike on a house in Qana in southern Lebanon. The army said its attack was based on information suggesting that Hezbollah militants had hidden weapons in the village and had taken refuge in surrounding buildings. The Israeli army said it would never have carried out the attack had it known that civilians were in the building. According to the aid organisation, Human Rights Watch, 28 people were killed in Qana and not the 54 originally reported. OIC calls for ceasefire in Lebanon The Organisation of Islamic Conference has demanded an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and is also considering the creation of a Muslim peace-keeping force for south Lebanon. Delegates to an emergency special session of the OIC, hosted by Malaysia, say a draft communique would seek to place Muslim "Blue Helmets" under UN control. It would also call for an inquiry into possible Israeli war crimes in its bombing campaign against targets in Lebanon and Gaza. Roadside bomb kills ten in Baghdad In Iraq's capital, Baghdad, at least 10 people were killed when a roadside bomb detonated in Al-Amin, an eastern district of the city. 14 people were also wounded. According to a police source the casualties were civilians, rather than members of the security forces. Violence around Iraq is claiming some 100 lives every day. UK ambassador says civil war likely in Iraq Britain's outgoing ambassador to Iraq has warned that a civil war is very likely in the country resulting in its break-up along ethnic lines. In a memo to the British government William Patey reportedly says that this scenario was more likely than a transition to a stable democracy. He also suggests that US President George W. Bush's expectations for a self-sustainable government in Iraq remain improbable. Afghanistan: 21 killed in car bomb attack In Afghanistan, a suicide car bomb attack has killed at least 20 civilians at a town market. Thirteen people were also injured in the blast. A provincial government spokesman said he believed the attack targeted civilians because there was no government checkpoint or NATO troops in the area. Some of the victims were apparently children. The attack, one of the deadliest bombings in the past few months, comes in a week when NATO has taken charge of security in the volatile south from a US-led coalition. Sri Lankan troops battle Tamil rebels At least 10 people have been killed in the latest fighting in Sri Lanka between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. More than 800 people have died this year as fears grow that the island nation is slipping back into a full-scale civil war. A government spokesman said the door was open for talks with the rebels. Norway, which brokered a truce in 2002, is trying to salvage what is left of the agreement. Germany slams Russia over Khodorkovsky Germany has criticised Russia over the jail conditions of former oil magnate, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. In a letter prompted by Guido Westerwelle, the leader of the opposition Free Democrats, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the conditions for Khodorkovsky were "unacceptable." The former oil tycoon, once Russia's richest man, is serving an eight-year sentence for fraud in a Siberian prison. His supporters say his arrest in 2003 was politically motivated as he represented a threat to President Vladimir Putin. South Korean aid heads for North An aid group says that the first shipment of South Korean aid for victims of devastating floods in North Korea has departed for the communist nation. A South Korean activist group said last month's devastating floods have possibly left 10,000 people dead or missing and displaced tens of thousands. They say impoverished North Korea may be on the brink of famine. North Korea claims only several hundred people are dead or missing from the floods. South Korea, a major supplier of aid to North Korea, had suspended shipments after Pyongyang defied international warnings and test-fired seven missiles on July 5. Castro has still not appeared Cuban president Fidel Castro's sister says the leader has left the medical intensive care unit following his intestinal surgery. Castro's sister was talking to a US broadcaster following unofficial information given to her from Havana. The 79-year-old Castro has temporarily handed over power to his younger brother, Raul. Both Castro and his brother, however, have remained out of sight, prompting concerns both about the president's health and the country's future. Observers say police are mobilising in Havana and at the country's borders. ECB raises key interest rate to 3 percent The European Central Bank has raised its key interest rate by a quarter of one percent to 3 percent, the fourth such increase in eight months. The move had been expected as the bank attempts to reign in price increases and curb inflation. It follows a similar move earlier today by the Bank of England, which raised its key interest rate a quarter of a percentage point to 4.75 percent. German astronaut goes walkabout The German astronaut, Thomas Reiter, with his American colleague Jeff Williams, who are currently on the International Space Station, are about to begin a spacewalk due to last over six hours. Their task entails installing new equipment in preparation of future ISS assembly work. They will also mount a number of instruments and experiments on the exterior of the Station. This is not the first time that Reiter has popped outside of a spaceship. 11 years ago he experienced his first spacewalk whilst visiting the Russian Space Station, MIR. The ISS is currently orbiting the Earth at a height of 400 kilometres. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please turn to our internet website at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlo2sIfcha79I2&req=l%3D1hlo2rIfcha79I2 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. And of course the DW website also has information about DW-RADIO and DW-TV programmes: topics, broadcast times and frequencies. You can even listen to all programmes as audio-on-demand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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=1hlo2sIfcha79I3&req=l%3D1hlo2rIfcha79I3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can cancel our newsletter at: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/public/unsubscribe.jsp?gid=90003210&uid=927954 405&mid=90030628&sig=OMJGMCGCOMKPLPBO =============== Group Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] page at http://magazine.sorabia.net for more informations about current situation in Serbia http://www.sorabia.net Slusajte GLAS SORABIJE nas talk internet-radio (Serbian Only) http://radio.sorabia.net Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
