DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 05. 06. 2006 16:00 Uhr UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD:
EU Fails to Agree on EU "Safe" Country List In an effort to streamline asylum policy, the EU has been considering creating a list of "safe" countries from which to exclude asylum seekers. The problem is that they can't decide which ones to select. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlfilIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlfikIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click Back is waiting for you! DW-WORLD invites you to participate in the June version of our monthly quiz and win a great prize. To play, go to http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlfilIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlfikIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gunmen abduct 50 workers in Iraq In Iraq gunmen, reportedly wearing police uniforms, have abducted up to 50 employees of various Baghdad transport companies. Police and Interior Ministry sources said the gunmen carried out what appeared to be a coordinated operation along a Baghdad street that is home to several companies offering transport to Syria and Jordan. Thousands of Iraqis have been kidnapped in the past three years since US-led forces invaded Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. The kidnappers are usually politically motivated Islamic militants or criminal gangs seeking a ransom. Solana to visit Tehran on Tuesday The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, is to travel to Tehran on Tuesday to present Iran with a package of incentives aimed at persuading it to halt its nuclear activities. This, according to EU diplomatic sources. The package was agreed in a meeting in Vienna last week of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany. It is thought to include trade, security and technology incentives as well as the threat of unspecified action if Tehran fails to comply. Washington and EU countries fear that Iran could be seeking to produce nuclear weapons. Tehran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only. Gunmen storm Palestine TV bureau Gunmen from the militant group Hamas have stormed a Palestinian television bureau in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. Employees of Palestine TV said about 15 gunmen fired into the air as they entered the building. They then proceeded to threaten journalists and destroy equipment. Palestine TV is under the control of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of the rival Fatah Party. Hamas has frequently accused it of broadcasting misinformation about the Islamist movement. Hamas militant killed in Gaza blast A member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been killed in an explosion in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The dead man was identified as a member of the ruling Islamist movement's armed Ezzedine al-Qassam. His wife and child were wounded in the same explosion. The cause of the blast remains unclear, but it came just hours after five other Palestinians were killed in the deadliest night so far of clashes between supporters of the rival Fatah and Hamas factions. Islamists claim victory in Mogadishu In the Somali capital Mogadishu, Islamic militia have announced they had won control of the city from a warlord alliance after months of fierce street battles. Around 350 people have been killed since February in several bouts of fighting between militia supporting Islamic courts and gunmen allied to a self-styled anti-terrorism coalition, widely believed to be covertly backed by the United States. Warlords have controlled Mogadishu since the 1991 ousting of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. Report highlights July 7 failings A report issued by an inquiry into last year's bomb attacks in London has found that the city's emergency services were hampered by communications problems and a lack of basic medical supplies. The London Assembly report said the emergency services were unable to communicate by radio while underground. Many tried to use their mobile telephones, which led to cellular networks becoming overloaded. Fifty-six people died, including the four Islamic extremist suicide bombers, and more than 700 were injured in four separate blasts on three London underground trains and a bus on July 7 last year. Czech rightist to start government talks Czech President Vaclav Klaus has asked rightist opposition leader Mirek Topolanek to begin talks on forming a government after a weekend general election that produced a stalemate. Topolanek's Civic Democrats won the biggest share of the weekend's vote but not a majority. The Civic Democrats and its two smaller potential centrist allies, the Greens and Christian Democrats, will hold 100 seats in the 200-member lower house,- the same as the ruling Social Democrats and the Communists. Garcia wins Peru's presidential election With the majority of votes counted in the second round of Peru's election, it appears that ex-president Alan Garcia has won a convincing victory. Official preliminary results give Garcia almost 55 percent of the vote and a lead of more than nine points over Ollanta Humala. The two men had fought a fierce and aggressive campaign centred on the economy. Garcia was president from 1985-1990 when the country was driven into economic ruin. UN warns of desertification The United Nations Environment Programme has released a study warning of increasing desertification around the globe, particularly in the Sahara and South Asia. Climate change, high water demand and even tourism are putting pressure on the world's desert ecosystems as never before. The report says too much water is being wasted on water-intensive agricultural crops. 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