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09. 05. 2006 16:00 Uhr UTC
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United Nations to Elect Members for new Human Rights Council
The United Nations General Assembly will begin voting on Tuesday to elect
the first members of the UN Human Rights Council, which was created in March
to replace the discredited UN Human Rights Commission.
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Dahab suspect killed in Egypt
Egyptian police have killed the leader of an Islamist militant group blamed
for a spate of attacks in tourist resorts in the Sinai peninsula over the
past 18 months. Security officials said Nasser Khamis al-Mallahi was killed
in clashes between police and members of the Tawhid wal Jihad group. The
Islamist group has been blamed for the triple-suicide attack in the Red Sea
resort of Dahab in April that killed 19 people. Mallahi was shot dead and
his right-hand man Mohammed Abdallah Elian arrested in the police operation.
First genocide trial in Sarajevo
A decade after the Srebrenica massacre Bosnia's first genocide trial has
opened in Sarajevo. Eleven former Serbian army officers and policemen face
charges of killing 1,000 Muslim men in 1995. The new Bosnian court,
comprising international judges and prosecutors, was established to ease the
burden on the UN tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands. All accused have
pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors say eight of them fired machine guns and
threw grenades at Muslim men and youths as they tried to flee. In all 8,000
were killed at Srebrenica, an enclave which the United Nations failed to
protect.
It was Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two. Two alleged Serb
masterminds, Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, remain at large.
Security Council fails to agree on Iran
Foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the United Nations
Security Council plus Germany have failed to reach agreement on a resolution
to curb Iran's nuclear programme. China and Russia, which have strong trade
ties with Iran, are against any reference to possible sanctions or military
action against Tehran. Britain, France, and the United States say the
resolution must be under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter to make its demand that
Tehran suspend uranium enrichment legally binding. Western countries fear
that Iran is secretly pursuing nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.
US pushes for UN troops in Dafur
The United States has circulated a draft Security Council resolution that
would give the United Nations control over peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur
Region. The draft proposes the transfer to Darfur of UN peacekeepers already
in southern Sudan. US President George W.
Bush urged Sudan's Khartoum-based government to express support for a UN
peacekeeping force. Some 7,000 African Union peacekeepers have failed to
stem the violence in the three-year Dafur conflict, which has claimed the
lives of some 200,000 people.
Al-Qaeda trial in Duesseldorf begins
The trial of three suspected members of the terror network al-Qaeda has
started at a court in the German city of Duesseldorf. One of the defendants
is accused of having recruited new militants for potential suicide attacks
in Europe. In addition the three face fraud charges for allegedly trying to
falsely obtain money from insurance companies for the terror network. The
trial is expected to last until 26 October.
German cannibal gets life in prison
A German court has sentenced self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes to life in
prison after he was found guilty of murder. Meiwes, who killed and ate a man
he met through the Internet, had told the court that his victim had a death
wish and begged to be killed. It was the second time Meiwes was tried for
killing Bernd Juergen Brandes in March 2001. He was originally convicted of
manslaughter and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison. But on
appeal, a federal judge dismissed the sentence as too lenient and ordered a
retrial on the higher charge of murder.
Italian MPs again fail to elect president
Italy's lawmakers have failed again to elect a new president as the
centre-right opposition refused to back the incoming government's preferred
candidate, a former communist. Outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
said there currently was "no room for agreement"
with the centre left. Barring any last-minute deal, the third ballot on
Tuesday night is also almost certain to be inconclusive. The parliamentary
election for Italy's 11th postwar head of state is the first major test for
Romano Prodi since he narrowly won last month's general election. Prodi
cannot take office until the new president gives him a mandate.
Estonia ratifies EU constitution
Estonia has become the 15th European Union nation to ratify the bloc's
constitution despite last year's rejection by French and Dutch voters.
Estonia's parliament voted 73 to one to endorse the charter which aims to
streamline EU decision-making and would set new ground rules. Estonian Prime
Minister Andrus Ansip said the treaty would make the EU "more simple, clear
and democratic". Last year, after the French and Dutch no-votes EU leaders
agreed on a "period of reflection". At a forum in Berlin, German Chancellor
Angela Merkel said Europe's constitutional process must be advanced
urgently. Pointing to economic growth in China and India she said Europe
must boost its investiment in research and development.
EU celebrates Europe Day
The 25 members of the European Union are celebrating Europe Day.
Europe Day was established more than 20 years ago to mark a declaration
issued by French Foreign Affairs minister Robert Schumann on May 9th 1950,
the first step towards achieving European integration. In a speech to a
policy forum in Berlin German Chancellor Angela merkel said the EU must
define where Europe's borders are if it hopes to become a better-integrated
bloc. Merkel also committed herself firmly to reviving efforts to establish
an European constitution, but did not expand further. Germany willhold the
EU's rotating presidency in the first half of next year.
EU seatbelt rule in buses takes force
The wearing of seatbeats in buses and trucks - when fitted - has become
compulsory under a new European Union directive aimed at lowering Europe's
road toll. So far only 12 of the 25 EU nations have passed matching
legislation. Previous EU rules required seatbelt usage only in cars under
3.5 tonnes. The new EU regulation, effective from this Tuesday, stipulates
seatbelts in all EU nations and in all classes of vehicle. Special seats are
required for children shorter than 1.35 meters. EU Transport Commissioner
Jacques Barrot the move could save up to 5,500 lives each year. Europe's
road toll sunk from 50,000 in 2001 to 41,000 last year. Research in the US
state of Wisconsin shows that road victims without seatbeats are three times
more likely to die from injuries during surgery.
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