DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 04. 10. 2006, 16:00 UTC
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Neo-Nazis Nowhere in Sight as Hotel Purchase Deadline Nears The mysterious neo-Nazi foundation behind the proposed purchase of a hotel in the German town of Delmenhorst no longer exists, according to British sources. The group is unlikely to make an offer by Thursday's deadline. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlywdIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlywcIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click Back is waiting for you! DW-WORLD invites you to participate in the October version of our monthly quiz and win a great prize. To play, go to: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlywdIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlywcIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rice holds talks with Palestinian president US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said the United States is "very concerned" about the plight of the Palestinians. Speaking after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, Rice said the US would redouble its efforts to improve conditions for the Palestinian people. Rice is also due to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as part of a trip aimed at reviving the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Earlier, President Abbas said that talks between his Fatah Party and the ruling Hamas on forming a more moderate coalition government had broken down. Palestinians hope that a unity government composed of Fatah and Hamas could lead to an end of a Western embargo imposed because of Hamas' refusal to renounce violence towards Israel. Iraqi minister escapes bombing In Baghdad there's been a car bomb attack on the convoy of Iraq's industry minister. Fawzi al-Hariri, a Kurd, was not in the convoy but two of his bodyguards were among at least 14 people who were killed. Another 75 were wounded. A ministry spokeswoman said al-Hariri's aides had been on a trip to refuel their vehicles. In further violence, a truck bomb has detonated in Ramadi, outside an Iraqi army headquarters. Police said there were "many wounded". The US military says two of its soldiers were killed on Tuesday, bringing to 17 the number of US soldiers killed since Saturday. World condemns N. Korean threat The international community has sharply condemned North Korea's threat to carry out a nuclear test. The US said such a move would be a "provocative act" and would have consequences for the communist regime. The EU, Russia, Japan and China have urged Pyongyang to exercise restraint and not to undermine regional and international security. South Korea said it would not tolerate any North Korean nuclear test and urged its neighbour to return to disarmament talks. Pyongyang gave no precise date for the possible test, but said it wanted to hold one owing to increasing US hostility. Duma warns George of "tougher" steps Russia's parliament has warned of "tougher measures" against Georgia in a declaration passed 418 to one by the Duma. On Monday Russia cut postal and transport links with Georgia in reaction to Tbilisi's expulsion of four Russians accused of spying. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has urged Russia not to "bully" its neighbours and has called for dialogue. Russian media say Moscow police have also begun checks of Georgians living in the Russian capital, including Georgian businesses and restaurants. Some 800,000 Georgians are thought to be living across Russia. Their remittances to family back home are a significant part of Georgia's earnings. Ahmadinejad rejects nuclear suspension Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again rejected calls to suspend his country's nuclear programme. At a televised rally, Ahmadinejad said Iran would not bow to any pressure. His comments came as European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said time was running out for Iran to avoid sanctions over its nuclear programme. Solana told the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee that four months of talks had not made any progress. He said it was now for Iran to decide if the dialogue should continue on the basis of UN demands that it suspend uranium enrichment. If not, he said, the matter would have to be moved to the United Nations Security Council. Iran insists that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only, but the West suspects it is aimed at producing an atomic bomb. Kurnaz says Germans abused him Murat Kurnaz, a German-born Turk released without charge by the US from Guantanamo, has alleged that two German soldiers abused him at a US prison at Kandahar in Afghanistan shortly after his arrest in 2001. The German defence ministry has begun a probe, saying it has no proof of such an incident. Kurnaz, in his first interview since returning home to Bremen, told "Stern" magazine that two soldiers with German flags on their camouflage uniforms banged his head on the ground. He added that US troops had used electric shocks and hung him from his hands for hours. From his arrival in 2002 at Guantanamo, the base on Cuba where the US holds terror suspects, Kurnaz says he experienced a detention centre "without laws". He said prisoners were beaten by guards and banished to isolation. Kurnaz was arrested in Pakistan in December 2001. German naval units arrive in Cyprus The first German navy units have arrived in Cyprus on their way to the Lebanese coast where they will form part of the UN's international peacekeeping force. Eight vessels with about 1,000 military personnel docked in the port city of Limassol. Germany is sending around 2,400 troops in total whose mandate it is to intercept possible arms shipments to Hezbollah as part of the UN truce between the militia and Israel. Truce in northern Uganda shaky The peace process in northern Uganda has run into trouble with a warning from Uganda's army that it will pursue Lord's Resistance Army rebels who have failed to assemble at two locations. A rebel spokesman Vincent Otti said the LRA remained committed to peace talks but would hit back if attacked. He blamed poor communications, saying rebels in remote areas had not heard about a September 19 deadline to assemble. A truce signed in neighbouring Sudan in August had raised hopes for an end to Uganda's 20-year-long civil war. It claimed tens of thousands of lives and uprooted two million people. Niger Delta militants free hostages Militants in Nigeria's Niger Delta region have released the remaining 16 employees of the Royal Dutch Shell oil company. In all 25 Nigerian staff were kidnapped on Monday, nine of whom were later released. Meanwhile five foreign oil workers have been abducted in the southern delta region. Authorities said they were taken from a compound in Eket, close to the operational base of ExxonMobil. Additional delay for A380 superjumbo The parent company of European aircraft-maker Airbus has confirmed there will be a further delay in deliveries of its flagship A380 super-jumbo. EADS said the hold-up was again linked to electrical wiring problems. The delay could cost Airbus 3.5 billion dollars over the next three years. The first deliveries are now not expected until October of next year. The German airline Lufthansa, which has ordered 15 of the super-jumbos, does not expect delivery of its first A380 until the summer of 2009, 18 months later than expected. EU imposes fines on cheap shoes The European Union has agreed to impose fines on cheap shoes from China and Vietnam as part of an attempt to stop a flood of cheap imports from those countries. The extra duties will apply for two years instead of the five as called for by the European Commission. In Germany around 60 percent of shoes sold are from China and Vietnam. Businesses here say the cheap imports are distorting competition. US scientist Roger Kornberg wins Nobel American Roger Kornberg has been awarded the Nobel Chemistry Prize for his work on protein synthesis. Kornberg is a professor at Standford University School of Medicine. His father, Arthur Kornberg, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1959. 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