DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 17. 09. 2006 16:00 Uhr UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD:
State Voting Begins in Tough Test for Conservatives Germans began voting on Sunday in two state elections likely to see Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffer a setback and the extreme-right gain more ground in the former communist east. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlvdeIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlvddIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The wait is over! The Bundesliga is in full swing again! Follow all the German soccer action with DW-WORLD.DE in our special section: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlvdeIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlvddIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pope says he regrets Muslim anger Pope Benedict XVI has said he "deeply regretted" the angry reaction caused among Muslims by his recent comments about Islam. During his regular Sunday blessing at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo near Rome, the pope said a quote he had used in a speech on Tuesday did not reflect his personal opinion. He said his words taken as a whole were meant as an invitation to frank and sincere dialogue. In Tuesday's speech, the pope cited a 14th-century Byzantine emperor who said some teachings of the Prophet Mohammed were "evil and inhuman". The comments sparked a wave of anger throughout the Muslim world, with several groups calling on the pope to make a personal apology. Italian nun slain in Somalia In Somalia, gunmen have shot and killed an Italian nun at a children's hospital in Mogadishu. The Catholic nun's bodyguard also died in Sunday's attack that drew immediate speculation of links to Muslim anger over the Pope's recent remarks on Islam. Details of the incident at the hospital in north Mogadishu were sketchy. But one suspect was quickly arrested by Islamist militiamen. The killings are a blow to Mogadishu's new Islamist rulers' attempt to prove they have pacified one of the world's most lawless cities since chasing out warlords in June. Suicide truck bomb in Iraq oil city kills 18 Iraqi police say a suicide truck bomber has exploded his vehicle near the offices of a top Kurdish political party in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least 18 people and wounding 65. A police officer said the bomber opened fire on civilians with a machine gun before the bomb exploded in front of the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Police said other explosions elsewhere around the city claimed at least five more lives. Kirkuk is disputed by Sunni Arabs and ethnic Kurds. The city has seen considerable sectarian violence. Meanwhile, police in Baghdad have found more bodies of victims of sectarian death squads, bringing the number of bodies found over the past five days to almost 200. Israeli cabinet approve war probe The cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has approved an inquiry into the war in Lebanon. The prime minister has been widely criticized for his handling of the war. The probe is to be headed by a retired judge. It falls short of a so-called state commission which would have the power to dismiss government and military officials. Abbas freezes unity government talks: aides Aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas say he has frozen talks on forming a unity government between his Fatah party and the radical Hamas group. They said Abbas suspended the talks after Hamas said it would not accept existing peace deals with Israel. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas has however denied the reports, saying talks would be put on hold only while Abbas was away at the United Nations this week. The proposed Palestinian unity government is intended to end international isolation and restore Western aid. The EU and the United States have boycotted the current Hamas-led government because it refuses to recognise Israel and end its violent campaign against the Jewish state. International solidarity day for Darfur Protesters are holding meetings and rallies around the world to demand an end to the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region. Activists are calling on the Sudanese government to allow the deployment of UN peacekeeping troops in the region. The troops would replace an African Union mission whose mandate expires at the end of this month. Sudan has up to now firmly refused to allow UN troops into the country, saying this would amount to "recolonisation". Since 2003, tens of thousands of people have been killed and more than two million displaced in Darfur by fighting between government troops, rebels and militias. Polls open in Sweden Swedes are going to the polls Sunday in legislative elections, which promise to be the closest in decades. The latest polls show the ruling Social Democratic party under Prime Minister Goeran Persson and the opposition conservative Moderate party running neck and neck. At issue is whether Sweden's generous welfare system needs reform if Sweden is to compete successfully in the global economy. The opposition claims changes are also needed in the labour market. The Social Democrats have lost only two general elections in the past 74 years. Moldova voters may validate separatist referendum Voters in Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region have cast ballots in a referendum that will determine whether this separatist region should continue pursuing its goal of joining Russia. On Sunday the region's 390,000 registered voters were expected to overwhelmingly back the initiative, which is supported by all of its political parties. Moldova has said it will not recognize the results. Moldova fought a war with the region's Russian-speaking separatists in 1992 that killed some 1,500 people. Voters in two German states go to polls Almost four million voters in the German states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania are going to the polls to elect new state parliaments. Currently, coalitions made up of Social Democrats and reformed communists of the Left Party/PDS rule in both states. In Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, there is a good chance that the far-right National Democratic Party will enter the legislature, making it the third state with a neo-Nazi party represented. Shuttle Atlantis astronauts leave space station The space shuttle Atlantis has pulled away from the international space station for its return trip to Earth. The six astronauts bade farewell Sunday to the residents of the orbiting lab with hugs, handshakes and the traditional ringing of a bell. In three spacewalks the crew installed a 17½-ton addition which contained a pair of solar wings that will ultimately generate a quarter of the space station's power. The shuttle is scheduled to return to earth on Wednesday. At least seven dead in typhoon in Japan Japanese officials say typhoon Shanshan has left at least seven people dead and injured another 40. The typhoon slammed Japan's south-western island of Kyushu Sunday with heavy rain and winds of up to 145 kilometre per hour. The authorities said viiolent winds overturned cars, derailed an express train and caused considerable damage to buildings in the city of Nobeoka. Hundreds of thousands were left without electricity. Nearly 6,000 people had been evacuated from their homes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The BOBs are back! DW-WORLD.DE is once again searching for the best Weblogs. The third annual BOBs (Best of the Blogs) will award prizes to Weblogs in 15 categories, including a "Best Weblog" award in each of the 10 participating languages (Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish). 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