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European Governments Aided in CIA Abductions, Says Report A new report released Wednesday by Europe's top human rights body provides more details about European aid to the US in transporting terrorism suspects and the existence of secret prisons in eastern Europe. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlfrpIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Kicking News" -- DW-WORLD's Soccer Newsletter goes weekly: Get all the news about the World Cup and Germany's Bundesliga on DW-WORLD.DE every week before the World Cup. To subscribe, go to: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlfrpIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Europe helped in CIA detentions: report A European rights watchdog says that 14 European countries played an active or passive role in the secret transfer of terrorist suspects by the United States. In a report, the Council of Europe also concluded that Poland and Romania may have even harboured CIA detention centres. The Warsaw government has rejected the accusations as libellous while Romania said it was pure speculation. Germany, along with Turkey, Spain and Cyprus were accused of being "staging points" for flights involving the unlawful transfer of detainees. Other countries implicated in the report included Ireland, Britain, Portugal, Sweden and Italy. Merkel discusses Iran with Solana In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been holding talks with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Solana travelled to the German capital after delivering a set of incentives to Iran aimed at ending a dispute over its nuclear programme. Ahead of the meeting with Solana, Merkel said a solution to the crisis could be negotiated but only if Tehran suspends uranium enrichment activities first. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said the offer contained some "positive steps" but complained that there were some ambiguities that needed to be corrected. The German government said it expected Iran to respond to the offer by the end of June. US, Germany knew Eichmann's hideout Newly declassified US intelligence archives reveal that the United States and West Germany knew the whereabouts of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, but kept the information secret. A 1958 memo written by West German intelligence informed the CIA of Eichmann's hiding place and alias in Argentina. Neither side acted to capture Eichmann, the architect of the "Final Solution" to exterminate European Jews. The archives say West Germany feared Eichmann's arrest could have led to embarrassing revelations about Nazi links within the Bonn government. Washington wanted to protect its Cold War activities in West Germany. Eichmann was captured by the Israelis in 1960 and put on trial in Jerusalem before being executed in 1962. Nearly 600 prisoners freed in Iraq Iraqi state media are reporting that around 600 prisoners have been freed from Iraqi and coalition-run prisons. This comes a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced the release of a total of 2,500 prisoners as part of a wider reconciliation campaign. Many of the prisoners are being held on suspicion of helping insurgents, however several of those released said they had been in jail for many months without charge. Earlier at least a dozen of the 50 people kidnapped in a raid two days ago in Baghdad were released. Police said several showed signs of torture. Meanwhile Italy's foreign minister, Massimo d'Alema, has confirmed that all his country's troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the year. East Timor PM agrees to probe East Timor's prime minister has agreed to an independent international investigation into the recent violence that has gripped the tiny Asian nation. However Mari Alkatiri said he would not step down as demanded by rebel troops. The troubles began after Alkatiri sacked around half of the 1,400-strong army for mutiny after they protested about discrimination against certain soldiers. At least 20 people have been killed in clashes between the police and rebel troops while around 100,000 others have been displaced. A 2,500-strong international peacekeeping force, made up mainly of Australian troops, has been sent in to help quell the unrest. Mount Merapi spews gas, lava Indonesian officials have evacuated another 3,000 villagers from the slopes of the Mount Merapi volcano as it continues to spew out toxic gases and lava. The volcano's activity has increased over the past few days, with lava flows now stretching some seven kilometres. Experts fear the recent earthquake on Java, which killed nearly 5,800 people, may have weakened Mount Merapi's lava dome. UN, AU agree on UN takeover in Darfur The UN Security Council and the African Union have agreed that a UN force should take over peacekeeping duties from the AU troops in Sudan's Darfur region as quickly as possible. After talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa both sides said the transfer must be approved by Sudan's government, which has so far rejected a UN deployment. The AU currently has around 7,000 troops in Darfur. Sudan signed a peace agreement with Darfur's main rebel group last month, however two other groups rejected the deal. Tens of thousands of people have died in the conflict since 2003 and 2.5 million more have been driven from their homes. Woman to represent Germany's Jews Germany's main Jewish organisation has elected its first woman leader, a 73-year-old Holocaust survivor from Munich. Charlotte Knobloch replaces Paul Spiegel, who died April 30 of cancer after leading the Central Council of Jews since 2000. Knobloch had served as vice president of the council since 1996. The organisation represents nearly 100 Jewish communities around Germany with about 110,000 members. Slovenia gets eurozone green light European Union finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg have given the green light to Slovenia to adopt the euro as its currency on January 1 next year. The decision followed a lengthy debate about the merit of admitting both Slovenia and Lithuania to the 12-nation eurozone. Lithuania was found not to have fulfilled the requirements for joining the euro because its inflation rate is well above the maximum ceiling of 2.6 percent. 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