DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 04.02.07, 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=evue6hIfcha79I0&req=l%3Devue6gIfcha79I0 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Merkel Presses for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Drive German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew in to the Saudi capital on Sunday on the second leg of a Middle East tour aimed at coordinating efforts to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evue6hIfcha79I1&req=l%3Devue6gIfcha79I1 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Iraq's Maliki pledges to stop violence Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his government is determined to stop the on-going violence in his country, following Saturday's deadly bomb attack at a Baghdad market. At least 130 people were killed and 300 others injured in the suicide bombing. The attack took place in a predominantly Shi'ite area. Maliki blamed the attack on followers of the executed former dictator, Saddam Hussein. At least 15 people have been killed in continuing violence today in Baghdad. The US military, meanwhile, have said that four helicopters which crashed in the past two weeks were shot down by rebels killing 20 troops. Germany's Merkel arrives in Saudi Arabia German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for talks with King Abdullah. The Chancellor is on a four-day trip to the Middle East in an effort to provide new impetus to the stalled Israeli Palestinian peace process. Before leaving Cairo, Merkel held talks with the Secretary General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, and with Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak. Merkel, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, is also scheduled to visit the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Gabi Ashkenazi new Israeli army chief Israel's cabinet has voted unanimously to confirm Major-General Gabi Ashkenazi as the incoming Israel Defence Force chief of staff. 52-year-old Ashkenazi replaces Lieutenant-General Dan Halutz, who resigned last month amid fallout over Israel's war in Lebanon last summer. Ashkenazi's previous position was as director general of the Defence Ministry. Rival Palestinian leaders to meet In the wake of repeated broken cease-fire agreements and violence which has claimed 28 Palestinian lives since Thursday in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Fatah's leader President Mahmoud Abbas is to meet Hamas' supreme leader in exile, Khaled Mashaal, in Islam's holy city of Mecca on Tuesday. Talks aimed at reconciliation between the two rival groups will be hosted by Saudi King Abdullah. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas also plans to attend the talks, according to his office. More than 130 Palestinians have been killed in the factional fighting since May. Taliban commander reported killed NATO-led forces in Afghanistan say they have killed a Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan during an offensive to retake a town from the militants. They said the commander, Mullah Ghafour, was killed in an air strike on his vehicle near Musa Qala in Helmand province. Ghafour was the Taliban commander in Musa Qala, which the Taliban seized on Thursday night. Several other Taliban insurgents were said to have been killed. The incident came as the United States took over command from Britain of the 33,000 NATO-led troops on Sunday as part of a regular rotation of leadership of the force. British vets gas thousands of turkeys British government vets have gassed thousands of turkeys at a farm in eastern England in a bid to prevent the spread of deadly bird flu. The slaughter of almost 160,000 birds is expected to take another two days. About 2,500 birds at the farm in the county of Suffolk died in the initial outbreak of the virus. Police have sealed off the area. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than 160 people world-wide in the past four years, most of them in Asia. Experts fear that the virus could mutate into a form that could be easily transmitted between humans. Officials have stressed that the present outbreak has been contained and that there is no immediate threat to the local community. 18 Colombian miners die in explosions At least 18 coalface workers have been killed in explosions in a Colombian coal mine. The accident occurred in the north-eastern province of Norte de Santander and rescue workers there are struggling to reach another 13 people still trapped underground. It is feared that the missing men may have been poisoned by toxic gas. The La Preciosa mine, the site of the explosions, produces coal for domestic consumption. Jakarta floods kill nine Floods in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, have killed at least 20 people and made nearly 200,000 homeless. Officials say the floods are the worst in five years, with water four metres deep in some areas of the city. Meteorology officials have warned that the city could suffer another week of heavy rains. Members of the Indonesian Red Cross and other volunteers have been delivering food to the thousands of people left homeless. The floods have also caused major power blackouts and disruption to public transport. Bush declares disaster areas in Florida US President George W. Bush has declared four central Florida counties disaster areas after tornadoes and storms ripped through the region. The move will release millions of dollars worth of federal aid to supplement local aid efforts. The storms hit early on Friday morning, leaving at least 20 people dead. All the victims were in central Lake County, which also suffered some of the worst damage. Astronauts do the spacewalk Two astronauts have left the International Space Station on the second of three planned space walks within nine days. The purpose of the walk, which should last almost seven hours is to update the cooling system of the space station. The US astronauts, Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams, are carrying out the assembly work. The third spacewalk is planned for Thursday. Germany wins handball world championship Host nation, Germany, has won the handball world championship title for the third time by defeating Poland 29-24. The final took place before a capacity crowd in Cologne. Germany's previous titles were at the inaugural event in 1938 and in 1978. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' We want to hear from you! Send your thoughts and comments on any DW-WORLD.DE article to [EMAIL PROTECTED] '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' For more information please turn to our internet website at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evue6hIfcha79I2&req=l%3Devue6gIfcha79I2 Here you'll find out what's happening in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. News and background reports from the fields of current affairs, culture, business and science. 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