DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 07.01.07, 17:00 Uhr UTC
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Need a good laugh? Then check out DW-WORLD.DE'S From the Fringe Special, which regularly brings you quirky stories from and about Germany. To find out more, go to http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evu7azIfcha79I0&req=l%3Devu7ayIfcha79I0 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: German FM: Kosovo Biggest Problem Right Now German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned Sunday that stability in the Balkans depended on how the future status of Kosovo is resolved and said the EU will work to ensure peace in the Serbian province. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evu7azIfcha79I1&req=l%3Devu7ayIfcha79I1 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Somali troops deploy to prevent unrest Hundreds of Somali government soldiers have deployed in the capital Mogadishu to prevent further unrest after Saturday's violent protests against the presence of Ethiopian troops. Witnesses said three people, including a young boy were killed when protesters and Ethiopian troops, backing the interim government, exchanged fire. A government source said only one person was killed. Meanwhile in the central town of Baladwayne, hundreds of people took to the streets demanding that Ethiopian troops free a military commander detained for refusing to hand over an ousted Islamist. Dozens injured in Bangladesh protests Dozens of people have been injured in clashes between protesters and police in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Police used teargas and rubber bullets against stone-throwing activists taking part in a nationwide blockade to force electoral reform. The three-day transport blockade is being organised by an alliance of political parties who want elections set for this month postponed. The alliance led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, head of the Awami League, says it will boycott the January 22 vote, alleging it will be fraudulent. But interim Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed says the elections will go ahead as planned. 20 die in El Salvador prison riot A riot involving hundreds of inmates at a high security prison in El Salvador has resulted in at least 20 deaths. The deaths occurred when violence broke out between two rival gangs at the prison in Apanteos, 70 kilometres west of San Salvador. Police said the situation is now under control after prison guards had to summon help from the military. Salvadoran prisons are badly overcrowded, with more than 13,000 inmates in a system built to hold fewer than 6,000. At least 12 killed in Iraq attacks At least 12 people have been killed in insurgent attacks in Iraq, just a day after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced a new plan for curbing violence in Baghdad. Earlier Iraq's army said it killed 30 militants in a Baghdad clash thought to mark the start of the new drive. The US army, meanwhile, says two US soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Iraq. This comes just days before US President George W. Bush is due to announce his new strategy for Iraq. Bush has said he is in favour of boosting US troop numbers in Iraq, despite opposition in the new Democrat-controlled Congress. UN chief Ban urges stay on executions United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has 'strongly urged' the Iraqi government to halt upcoming executions, after the hanging of dictator Saddam Hussein. According to the UN headquarters in New York, Mr. Ban sent a letter to Iraq's permanent representative calling for 'restraint by the government of Iraq in the execution of death sentences imposed by the Iraqi High Tribunal.' No date has been set for the executions of Saddam's half-brother and former chief judge, who were also accused of genocide. Mass Fatah rally amid Hamas tensions Tens of thousands of supporters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction have rallied in Gaza in a show of force to the governing Islamist Hamas movement. The rally was called to mark the 42nd anniversary of the once dominant Fatah, which suffered a surprise loss to Hamas in parliamentary elections last year. The demonstration came as masked Fatah gunmen released a video of a kidnapped Hamas official, threatening to expand attacks against Hamas if it rejects calls to disband its militia in the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, Abbas declared the Hamas security force in Gaza illegal. That drew a sharp response from the Islamists and a vow to double its security force in Gaza to 12,000 personnel. Israel denies plans to attack Iran Israel is denying a report by a British newspaper which claimed that the Jewish state plans to attack Iran's uranium enrichment facilities using nuclear weapons. The weekly newspaper, The Sunday Times, quoted Israeli military sources as saying that two Israel Air Force squadrons are training to blow up an enrichment plant at Natanz, south-east of Tehran, using nuclear bombs. But Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev dismissed the report as "incorrect". Regev told reporters that Israel fully supports international efforts to stop Iran's nuclear programme through diplomatic means. Meanwhile in Tehran, Iran once again vowed harsh retaliation against any attack on its nuclear sites. Polish archbishop resigns in spying row The newly-appointed archbishop of Warsaw has resigned after admitting he spied for Poland's former communist regime. Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus read out his resignation at a special mass in Warsaw Cathedral replacing a formal ceremony that was to have sworn him in. His resignation came at the request of Pope Benedict who appointed him just a month ago. Last week a special Polish Church commission found that Wielgus had collaborated with communist-era secret police. Germany's SPD continues talk on future The leadership of Germany's Social Democrats is meeting in Bremen for a second day to discuss the direction of future policy. Talks about foreign and family policies are on the agenda. On Saturday, the SPD leadership agreed on new initiatives to help the long-term unemployed find jobs. The party, which is currently part of a Grand Coalition with the conservatives led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been under increasing pressure from those who say it's losing its political profile. German healthcare reform back on track A much-criticised reform of the German healthcare system appears likely to come into force after Bavarian conservatives signalled at the weekend they were ready to drop their opposition to the measure. In a Sunday newspaper interview, Bavarian premier and conservative Christian Social Union leader Edmund Stoiber expressed confidence the draft law would win parliamentary approval and take effect as planned on April 1. The planned overhaul aims to trim fat from the costly 140 billion euro healthcare system and make it transparent for workers who fund it through mandatory contributions. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Need a good laugh? 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