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English Service News 09. 07. 2006 16:00 Uhr UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Spotlight on Defense in Italy-France Final France and Italy's stingy defenses, which let in a total of three goals in 12 games, meet for the soccer world championship in Berlin on Sunday. The back line that flinches first may end up going home in tears. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hljiaIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlji9Ifcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- One day to go: FOLLOW THE WORLD CUP FINAL WITH DW-WORLD.DE! Get all the latest news, background analysis, interviews and service information with DW-WORLD.DE's special coverage of the big event at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hljiaIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlji9Ifcha79I1 You can also subscribe to "Instant Replay," DW-WORLD.DE's soccer newsletter, which will update you daily during the Cup. To subscribe, go to: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hljiaIfcha79I2&req=l%3D1hlji9Ifcha79I2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dozens shot dead in Baghdad Gunmen in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 40 people at a fake checkpoint, in an apparent sectarian attack against Sunni Muslims. Police say Shia militants stopped cars in the western Jihad district, separated Sunnis and shot them. The area is close to a Shiite mosque where a car bomb killed three people late on Saturday. Security forces have sealed off the area and imposed a curfew, in an effort to prevent revenge attacks. In other violence an Iraqi army intelligence officer was shot dead in Karbala, south of Baghdad. There has been an upsurge in sectarian violence in Iraq in recent months, raising fears of a civil war. More US soldiers charged in rape case Four US soldiers have been charged with rape and murder over an attack on an Iraqi teenager who was killed along with her family last March. The soldiers, on active duty in Iraq, are accused of conspiring with former soldier Steven Green to commit the crimes in Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad. Green, who is being held in the US, denies the rape and murder charges. A fifth soldier serving in Iraq has been charged with dereliction of duty for failing to report the offences. Plane crashes in Russia, 122 dead A Russian airliner has crashed on landing and burst into flames in Siberia, killing at least 122 people and injuring more than 50. Many of the 200 people on board were children flying for holidays on Lake Baikal. The Emergencies Ministry said 53 people were in hospital being treated for burns, trauma and the effects of smoke inhalation. The fate of 25 passengers was unknown. The Airbus A-310 operated by the airline Sibir had been on a flight from Moscow. Sibir said three Chinese, one Azeri and a German on board had died, while seven other foreign nationals were in hospital. Prosecutors opened a criminal probe into the crash, with human error and equipment failure considered among the possible causes. There was no immediate suspicion of foul play. No let-up in Gaza conflict Israel has staged more air raids on Gaza as Palestinian militants fired two more makeshift rockets at Israel's southern town of Sderot. This comes after Israel rejected a call by the head of the Hamas-led Palestinian government for a ceasefirere. Israel said there would be no let-up until such rocket attacks ceased and militants released a soldier captured two weeks ago. Senior United Nations officials have meanwhile demanded access for UN workers and supplies, saying Gaza's Palestinian civilians are in desperate need. They also said Gaza was on the brink of a public health disaster with water shortages. Several killed in southern Afghan fighting A Canadian soldier and 10 militants have been killed in fierce fighting near a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. The military said the battle took place in southern Kandahar province, where Canadian and Afghan troops have battled militants since early Saturday in support of a region-wide offensive targeting Taliban strongholds. India test-fires missile India has test-fired its longest-range missile, with a reach of 3,500 kilometres and capable of reaching deep into China. Local media said the missile splashed down in the Bay of Bengal, near India's Nicobar Islands. Nuclear-rival Pakistan said it had been informed in advance of the test. The new Agni III missile can carry a one-tonne warhead, conventional or nuclear. India's test launch comes five days after North Korea sparked an international outcry by test-firing seven missiles into the Sea of Japan. At the UN Security Council on Monday, Japan plans to submit a draft resolution that would sanction North Korea. The draft is backed by the United States, Britain and France but opposed by China. Islamists battle Somali warlord militia Somalia's Islamist militia has attacked fighters loyal to defeated warlords in Mogadishu in heavy street battles that have reportedly killed at least 20 people and wounded scores. The death toll looks set to rise further in the most serious flareup since the Islamists took over the Somali capital from US-backed warlords a month ago. The Islamists, who control large swathes of southern Somalia, have vowed to rid the country of warlords and other faction chiefs who have ruled since the government of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was toppled in 1991. Pope chides Spanish secularism Pope Benedict has wound up a brief visit to Valencia in Spain with an outdoor mass, praising marriage between men and women and at odds with Spain's government. It legalised gay marriages last year. The mass drew at least half a million pilgrims, including King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. Absent was Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. On Saturday, he met the Pope at talks described by government officials as "friendly". Benedict told a Catholic rally the family was the best way to counter "hedonism". Italy-France final after German third And finaly in sports news the Soccer's World Cup climaxes in Berlin in a few hours with the final between Italy and France. 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