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English Service News 12th April, 2002, 16:00 UTC ----------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: Game On The German soccer league has enough money to support itself for the remainder of the year, league officials announced, avoiding a possible financial disaster sprung by the Kirch Group's insolvency. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1431_A_496114_1_A,00.html ---------------------------------------------------------- Another deadly suicide bombing in Israel There has been another horrific suicide bombing in Israel. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up at a bus stop near a crowded market in Jerusalem killing at least 6 people and 70 or more have been wounded, many seriously. The al-Aqsa brigade has claimed responsibility for the attack. DW Radio correspondent Nick Mackie is in Jerusalem at the scene of the bombing and has confirmed the perpetrator was a young woman. Nick will describe the scene in just a few minutes here on Newslink. Powell fails to secure Israeli withdrawl from Palestinian terrorities In Washington, the White House said Friday's attack would not deter President George W. Bush's Middle East peace drive. However, it does undermine Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's position that the current military campaign prevents further suicide bombings. The Israeli Prime Minister on Friday held initial talks with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. They failed to secure a firm timetable for an end to the Israeli military campaign in the West Bank. At a press conference Mr. Powell warned Israel of what he called the long-term strategic consequences of the incursions that have killed at least 200 Palestinians and stoked regional and international anger. When asked to look ahead to Saturday's meeting with Palestian President Yassar Arafat he said the United States seeks actions and not just words from Mr. Arafat. Mr. Powell along with senior Israeli military and political leaders spent the afternoon near the northern Israeli border with Lebanon. Death toll in Djerba rises to 9 The death toll from Thursday's explosion of a liquid gas tanker-truck on the Tunisian island of Djerba has risen to at least 9 after a French man and German boy succumbed to their injuries earlier today. The German Foreign Ministry in Berlin issued a statement that said six German tourists, five women and an 11 year-old boy were killed, and 25 Germans were injured, several seriously. The ministry said it expects five of the most seriously injured to be transfered to Germany later this evening. Local authorities are treating the incident as an accident and have rejected allegations that the blast was an attack on a synagogue. 8 more people killed in Kashmir Eight people were killed and 15 wounded in India's strife-torn region of Kashmir which has been at the center of a military stand-off between India and Pakistan. The latest attacks came as Muslim militants called a strike in the Himalayan region to protest what they labelled the oppression of Muslims in Palestine and Afghanistan, effectively shutting down the main city of Srinagar. A spokesman for a pro-Pakistan militant group, Islamic Front, claimed responsibility for the attacks. Earthquake hits Afghan district of Nahrin again An earthquake has again rocked the northern Afghan district of Nahrin on Friday, killing at least 27 people and injuring over 100 others. It's the same region that was devastated about two weeks ago when a series of tremors killed over 1,000 people. An official of Afghanistan's interim administration in nearby Kunduz province said there was some destruction from the earthquake which Pakistani seismologists measured 5.6 on the Richter scale. Over 200,000 Afghan refugees return home Ruud Lubbers, the head of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights on Friday embarked on an 8-day mission to Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan to get a first-hand impression of the UN repatriation program for Afghan refugees. So far 223,000 refugees have returned to Afghanistan since the UN programme began six weeks ago. The UNHCR estimates some 3.7 million people fled the Taliban regime. Venezuelan Pres. Chavez forced from office Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been forced to resign and is being held at a military barrack in the capital, Caracas. The end of Mr. Chavez's three years in power came after a demonstration on Thursday turned violent. Eyewitnesses said snipers opened fire from rooftops on a crowd estimated at 150,000, killing at least 11 and injuring at least another 80 people. The bloodshed triggered a rebellion by the country's military who have created an interim government comprising of both civilian and military leaders. German Chancellor's libel suit heard A court in Hamburg on Friday considered a libel action filed by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. At issue is whether or not Mr. Schroeder dyes his hair. An image consultant suggested to a German news agency that the chancellor should admit he touches up his hair color. Mr. Schroeder, who usually is more laid back about such issues, said such a discussion in an election year hurts his credibility. --------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please turn to our internet website at http://dw-world.de/english Here you'll find out what's happening in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. 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