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European Concern After India's Missile Test

India's nuclear-capable ballistic missile test brings on sharp criticism
from European leaders, while New Delhi's Republic Day celebrations
proceed peacefully in the tense region.

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   Deutsche Welle
   English Service News
   Saturday 26th, 2001, 16:00 UTC


   India Marks Republic Day with Heightened Security

   India has peacefully celebrated the anniversary of its birth as a
   republic amid tight security at a time of tension with nuclear
   neighbour Pakistan. No major violence was reported by early evening
   although in disputed Kashmir there small skirmishes between security
   forces and militants, during which one rebel was killed. Republic
   Day is India's main national holiday and authorities had feared
   militants would take advantage of the day by launching a new assault
   on a country. Across the world's second most populous nation, tens
   of thousands of police and paramilitary troops on full alert guarded
   ceremonies and key buildings. Crowds were also said to be smaller
   than usual. Meanwhile, Pakistan marked the day by calling for talks
   with India to end the tense military stand-off. In a message to the
   Indian Prime Minister, Pakistani military ruler General Pervez
   Musharraf said he wanted the two countries to be good neighbors. The
   message came one day after New Dehli test-fired a nuclear capable
   missile.


   Palestinian Authority Calls for Halt to Attacks; U.S. Reviews
Punitive Measures against Arafat

   The Palestinian Authority has called on militants to stop attacks on
   Israel after a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv on Friday prompted
   retaliatory strikes by Israeli forces. Israeli warplanes fired
   missiles at Palestinian security targets late on Friday, wounding at
   least two, according to medical officials. The strikes came just
   hours after a Palestinian suicide bombing wounded at least 25
   Israelis. Meanwhile, U.S. President George W. Bush has made his
   harshest comments yet on Arafat, saying he was disappointed with the
   Palestinian leader and his efforts to crack down on militants. In
   the West Bank, a senior Palestinian official said he feared Bush's
   latest statements about Arafat would give Israeli Prime Minister
   Ariel Sharon a green light to further escalate aggression against the
   Palestinians. In the meantime, Washington was also looking into ways
   to punish the Palestinian leader for an arms shipment the U.S. says
   was intended for the Palestinian Authority. A peace mission to the
   region by envoy Anthony Zinni has also been suspended.


   Iranian Police Use Force to Quell Protests

   Police in Iran have begun to use force to stop teachers in the
   capital from protesting for better pay. A tense stand-off occurred
   when one young man was seized by police and finally let go after a
   crowd of about 250 people began chanting for his release.
   Witnesses also said several hundred teachers gathered close to
   President Mohammad Khatami's office, shortly before he was due to
   meet visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. But riot police
   blocked the way and told the crowd the gathering was illegal,
   ordering them to disperse. Wage protests have become more common in
   Iran in the last three years. The demonstrations are seen as a
   source of potential embarrassment for the Iranian president's
   government which has been accused of financial mismanagement by those
   opposed to a campaign of reform for the Islamic Republic.


   Annan Says Iran Not Harbouring al Qaeda Fighters

   UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday discounted reports of
   Iranian political interference in post-Taliban Afghanistan, and
   praised Tehran for helping to rebuild its neighbour. Speaking during
   a one-day visit to Iran, Annan also said Iranian policies were
   inconsistent with harbouring al Qaeda fighters. He was responding to
   United States' fears that al Qaeda operatives had escaped through
   Iran. Iranian authorities have denied helping al Qaeda members to
   escape from Afghanistan or seeking to undermine the interim Afghan
   government. Iran pledged $500 million over five years to help rebuild
   Afghanistan at a recent international aid conference in Tokyo.


   Food Aid Still Urgently Needed in Goma

   A US special envoy in the Democratic Republic of Congo said people
   there affected by the recent volcanic eruption would need food aid
   for at least three more weeks. The United Nations has planned to
   send more than 18 tonnes of grain and other food supplies to the
   ruined city of Goma, where UN figures state around 100,000 people
   have been made homeless. An estimated 400,000 people are said to be
   in need of food aid, over a week after the eruption of Mount
   Nyiragongo.


  SAS Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Iceland

  A Scandinavian Airlines flight departing from Washington made an
   emergency landing in Iceland earlier today after the pilot shut
   down one of the plane's two engines. A spokesperson for the
   airlines said the pilot had noticed problems with one of the
   engines four and a half hours after take off. He flew on one
   engine until the plane landed safely at an airport in Iceland.
   The Boeing 767 was bound for Copenhagen with 140 passengers and
   11 crew on board. The passengers were later transferred to other
flights.



   Malaysia to Deport Immigrants 

   Malaysia has said it planned to deport 30,000 immigrants, mostly
   Filipinos and Indonesians, from the eastern state of Sabah as soon as
   possible. An official news agency quoted Deputy Home Minister Chor
   Chee Heung as saying that the government would soon be launching an
   operation to round up the immigrants from around the state. Malaysia
   decided this week not to take new workers from Indonesia after
   Indonesian workers at a textile factory attacked police trying to
   detain suspected drug users. Prime Minister Mahatir Mohamad said on
   Friday that Malaysia had too many foreign workers for its present
   needs.

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