DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News March 1st 2006, 16:00 UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD:
"The Account of the German Role Was Explicit" The New York Times Web site reported this week that German agents provided US intelligence with an Iraqi defense plan shortly before the US-led invasion. DW-RADIO spoke to Michael R. Gordon, who broke the scoop. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1919629,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- signandsight.com signandsight.com is the English version of the prize-winning online cultural magazine perlentaucher.de. Providing free access daily reviews of Germany's cultural press, it translates keynote articles and reviews the season's best publications. www.signandsight.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bomb attacks kill 28 in Baghdad At least 28 people have been killed in a fresh wave of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, amid warnings the country is on the brink of civil war. The worst death toll was in a blast near a security checkpoint that killed at least 25 people and wounded 40. The Iraqi army has deployed tanks to protect some threatened neighbourhoods and the US military says it has a rapid reaction force standing by. The latest attacks come exactly a week after the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra. Officials say reprisal killings have claimed more than 450 lives. Saddam makes key admission in trial Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has told a court in Baghdad that he alone should be made to answer for the actions of his regime. His comments came as he admitted to razing farms belonging to those convicted of trying to kill him in 1982. Prosecutors read out documents, showed satellite images and played audio tapes as they tried to connect Saddam to the execution of 148 Shi'ites linked to the assassination plot. The trial of Saddam and his seven co-defendants was adjourned until March 12. Bush on first visit to India US President George W. Bush is in New Delhi, on his first visit to India which is scheduled to include talks on a landmark deal on civilian nuclear trade. Bush, accompanied by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, was met by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the start of a three day visit. Earlier Bush made an unscheduled stop in Afghanistan to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai. It was his first visit to the country. Bush praised Afghanistan's progress under President Hamid Karzai since the fall of the Taliban, saying the fledgling democracy was an inspiration to other countries around the world. Russo-Iranian talks on nuclear impasse Iranian nuclear negotiators have arrived in Moscow in a renewed effort to reach a compromise over its atomic programme. Iranian officials, headed by top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, are to meet a Russian delegation for a third round of talks on Moscow's proposal to carry out uranium enrichment for the Islamic Republic on Russian soil. Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference during a recent visit to Hungary that he was optimistic that an agreement would soon be reached. But Larijani reiterated Tehran's position that it sees no need to stick to an international moratorium on nuclear work. Blast kills top Islamic Jihad militant A senior commander of the Islamic Jihad's armed wing has been killed in an explosion in the Gaza Strip. Medics said Khaled al-Dahduh, also known as Abu al-Walid, died instantly when his vehicle exploded in Gaza City. Witnesses said he was killed by an Israeli air strike carried out by an unmanned drone, but the Israeli army insisted it was not behind the blast. Meanwhile, a Jewish settler has been shot at the entrance to a settlement in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian militants from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades said they were behind the attack, although Israeli police said the killing may have been criminally motivated. Guards regain control of Afghan prison Authorities have regained control of a Kabul prison after four days of rioting left at least six people dead and more than 40 injured. Afghanistan's deputy justice minister said more than 1,300 prisoners, including some 300 Taliban and al-Qaeda inmates accused of fomenting the unrest, had been transferred to another prison block under official guard. Germans asked to keep pets indoors In Germany a national crisis response team is meeting to discuss how to combat the spread of bird flu. They have already asked pet owners in areas where birdflu is spreading to keep their animals indoors. Earlier test results from the island of Ruegen showed that a cat there had died of the H5N1 strain of the virus - the first time the flu has jumped to mammals in Europe. Experts believe the animal probably ate an infected bird. More than a 100 cases of avian flu in wild birds have been confirmed in this area. Scientists say the latest development does not mean an increased risk for humans, and stress there is no cause for panic. EU calls for action on German deficit The European Commission is threatening sanctions against Germany for failing to abide by Eurozone budget deficit criteria. Last year, Brussels gave Germany and several other EU states a one-year grace period to the end of 2006 to get their fiscal house in order. The German finance ministry has four months to explain how it will cut the budget deficit below the limit of three percent of Gross Domestic Product by 2007. Failure to meet the deadline could cost Berlin billions in monetary fines. Germany breached EU budget deficit rules from 2002 to 2005. EU fines France for fishing faults France says it will appeal against a decision by the European Union's executive Commission to fine it for failing to comply with a court decision on fisheries. Earlier the European Commission fined France 57.8 million euros for failing to comply with EU fishing rules. The Commission said it was imposing the fine because France had not followed a ruling of the European Court of Justice from July 2005, which concerned the landing of immature fish. The EU court had already imposed a 20 million euro fine, which France paid, to comply with an earlier 1991 ruling over the same non-compliance with EU fishing rules. The new fine will be due every six months until France complies with its obligations. Kosovo prime minister resigns Officials in the UN-administered province of Kosovo say Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi has resigned after just under a year in office. Kosumi, a former student activist, has been accused of being ineffective. He is a key member of the delegation in talks on the future of Kosovo. His resignation comes as a UN mediator arrives in the province for talks. Officially still part of Serbia, Kosovo has been under UN administration since 1999 and seeks independence. Philippine state of emergency to remain Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has said that the six-day-old state of emergency will remain in place for at least another 24 to 72 hours. Arroyo imposed the emergency laws on Friday to quash a coup plot by disgruntled soldiers, communist rebels and civilian backers. Speaking in a televised address to the nation Arroyo said the state of emergency would be lifted as soon as possible. Pakistan forces attack militants' camp Pakistani helicopter gunships have attacked a militant camp in North Waziristan killing or wounding around 40 people, according to security sources. A local government official said the militants which he described as members of Al-Qaeda had established a hide-out in the region after carrying out attacks inside Afghanistan. The attack took place at Saidgai, about 15 km north of Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Receive DW-WORLD headlines and news reports straight on your desktop as RSS feeds: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1137115,00.html For more information please turn to our internet website at http://dw-world.de/english ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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