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Neo-Nazi Jailed for Bombing Plot A German neo-Nazi was jailed for seven years on Wednesday after being convicted over a planned bombing attack against the Jewish community in Munich in 2003. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1574056,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tell us what you think! DW-WORLD wants to hear your opinion of our Web site. Please take a few minutes to fill in our online survey and let us know what subjects you want to see more of and where you think we can still improve: http://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/26036/DW-WORLD-ENG.htm?renderlang=eng ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ansar al Sunna claims Arbil blast The Iraqi militant group Army of Ansar al-Sunna says it was behind Wednesday's bombing in the Kurdish city of Arbil which killed at least 50 people. Dozens of others were injured. The group made the claim on the Internet, however the statement has yet to be verified. Police said a suicide bomber had detonated a car bomb near a group of police recruits in the town. Arbil is under the control of Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party, which is one of the two Kurdish political factions in Iraq. The bombing is just the latest in a sharp increase in insurgent attacks in Iraq in recent days. Pakistan seizes al Qaeda chief The Pakistani government says its security forces have captured a senior al Qaeda suspect in the North Waziristan area. Abu Faraj al-Libbi, a Libyan native, is said to be the number three in the al-Qaeda hierarchy. Authorities said Libbi was arrested a few days ago along with five other terrorist suspects. Firefight in Afghanistan At least 20 suspected Taliban rebels and one Afghan police officer have been killed in a firefight in southeastern Afghanistan. The US military said in a press statement that six US servicemen and five Afghan police were injured in the fighting, which took place late on Tuesday in the province of Zabul. Schroeder meets Erdogan in Ankara German Chancellor Gerhard Schoeder has called on Turkey to fully implement the political reforms it has adopted to meet European Union norms. Speaking after a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Schroeder said this was important to ensure that EU accession talks could begin in October as planned. The chancellor also backed a Turkish proposal to Armenia for the creation of a joint commission of historians. It would study allegations that the Ottoman Turks committed genocide against Armenians in World War I. Some EU politicians have said Ankara must address this issue for it to have a chance of joining the EU. Palestinians won't disarm militants The Palestinian Authority says it won't take steps to disarm militant groups despite increasing pressure from the Israeli government. A senior Palestinian security official said security forces would not take militants' weapons away but would act decisively against those who used force. The Israeli government is calling on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to crack down on militant groups. Earlier this week Prime Minister Ariel Sharon accused Abbas of not doing anything to combat the militants. Rice urges Iran rethink on nukes US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned Tehran not to seek to develop nuclear weapons under the pretence of generating nuclear power. Rice made the comment to reporters in Washington after Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi had told a United Nations conference on the nuclear non-proliferation treaty that Iran was determined to pursue all legal areas of nuclear technology. Iran had agreed to suspend uranium enrichment activities as part of an agreement reached with Germany, France and Britain last November. The EU countries have been offering Tehran a package of economic incentives in a bid to convince it to give up any nuclear arms ambitions. British election campaign in final day This is the last day of campaigning in Britain's general election. The latest opinion polls give Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour Party a comfortable lead. But Blair, Michael Howard, the leader of the main opposition Conservatives and Charles Kennedy of the Liberal Democrats are still campaigning hard. They're spending their last hours of the campaign in consituencies where polls indicate the outcome is still in doubt. Blair's opponents have made his credibility an issue, particularly over his decision to join the US invasion of Iraq. However, he's still expected to win the election, based largely on the strength of the British economy. Neo-Nazi jailed over bombing plot A German neo-Nazi has been sentenced to seven years in jail in connection with a planned bombing attack against a Jewish target in Munich. The Munich court judges said 29-year-old Martin Wiese was the head of a right-wing extremist group that planned to bomb a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for a new Jewish community centre in November 2003. The authorities uncovered the plot before it could be carried out. Three of Wiese's accomplices were given prison sentences of up to five years and nine months. Liverpool in Champions League final In sports: Liverpool have advanced to the final of European soccer's most prestigious club competition, the Champions League. This, after they defeated fellow English side Chelsea 1-0 in the second leg of their semi-final tie at Anfield on Tuesday. They'll meet either AC Milan or PSV Eindhoven in the final later this month. 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