DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 06. 10. 2006 16:00 Uhr UTC
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To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlzivIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlziuIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Big powers gather for Iran talks The foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - plus Germany, are meeting in London to discuss possible consequences over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. The US, backed by Britain, would like to press for sanctions against Iran, but China and Russia are opposed to such a move. The gathering follows a weeks-long attempt by European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana to sway Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment. He admitted his efforts had yet to bear fruit but said negotiations must go on. The US and other Western governments fear Iran wants to build nuclear weapons while Iran claims its activities are solely for peaceful purposes. Merkel meet Orthodox Patriarch in Turkey German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on a visit to Turkey, gave assurances on Friday that Germany would remain committed to European Union promises made to Turkey, even though her conservative party remains sceptical about the country joining the bloc. But the proposal of offering Ankara something less than full membership would still be preferable, Merkel said, adding that negotiations with Turkey will be a long road. Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan also met with Moslem and Christian religious leaders, including Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's more than 200 million Orthodox Christians. Merkel was expected to raise the issue of the Greek Orthodox theological seminary, Halki. The seminary was closed to new students in 1971 by Turkey and the EU has pressed for it to reopen. Rice in Kuridsh region of Iraq US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Arbil in Iraq's mainly Kurdish north for a meeting with regional president Massoud Barzani. They were expected to discuss ways of securing the region's oil resources for the benefit of the whole of the country. During a visit to Baghdad on Thursday, Rice urged Iraqi leaders to end their political inaction and put a stop to sectarian violence that in recent weeks has seen as many as 100 people killed daily. Rice told Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that US President George W. Bush remained committed to Iraq and the prime minister's government. Security Council moves on N Korea text The United Nations Security Council has reached a tentative agreement on a joint statement that warns North Korea of unspecified consequences if it conducts a nuclear test. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima of Japan, which drafted the statement, said the text was being sent to the governments of the 15 council members for possible changes. However, he said he expected the statement to be approved later in the day. Russian officials, meanwhile, have said that they were in direct contact with North Korea to try to prevent it from carrying out its plan to test a nuclear weapon. North Korea threatened to carry out a nuclear test earlier this week. There's speculation that it could do so as soon as the weekend. Thousands rally behind Hamas government Thousands of Palestinians rallied in Gaza City on Friday in support of a Hamas-led government engulfed by a fiscal and political crisis and battling an international boycott. The protestors packed the city's main sports stadium carrying banners in the Islamist movement's trademark green. The demonstration comes at a time of stalemate in talks with Hamas and its main rival, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, on forming a national unity government. Hamas has refused to accept a political programme to recognize Israel and past Israeli-Palestinian agreements, and to renounce violence. Police clash with rioters in Lebanon Police have clashed with rioters in Beirut, who were trying to block the demolition of illegal housing in the Lebanonese capital. Police said at least five people suffered gunshot wounds, but it was not clear whether the shots came from protesters or police officers. The rioters blocked one of two main roads leading to Beirut airport. Police said that when they arrived to enforce a government order to remove illegal shacks, local residents hurled stones at them and blocked the streets with burning tires and trash cans. Armed men in the crowd opened fire on officers, prompting them to return fire, the police said. S. Korea's Ban heads for top UN post South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon looks set to become the United Nation's next secretary-general after the withdrawal of three more candidates. Ban won an informal vote last Monday among the 15 UN Security Council member nations. Its deciding vote on who should replace outgoing UN chief Kofi Annan takes place next Monday. The three who quit on Thursday were Latvia's President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former Afghan finance minister Ashraf Ghani and deputy Thai premier Surakiart Sathirathai. Ban says he may visit North Korea to help resolve the standoff over its nuclear ambitions. Russia deports planeload of Georgians Russia has deported a planeload of Georgians accused of illegal immigration. The Georgians were rounded up in police raids over the past few days. A Georgian foreign ministry spokesman said the plane was expected to arrive in Tblisi in a couple of hours' time. This is just the latest development in escalating tensions between the two former Soviet republics. The crisis began last week when Georgian authorities arrested four Russian military officers on spying charges. They have since been released. Gyurcsany wins confidence vote Hungary's embattled Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has won a vote of confidence in parliament after facing opposition calls to quit. His Socialist and Liberal coalition mustered 207 votes to ward off 165 no-votes. Gyurcsany tested support for his economic reform plans after his party was drubbed in local elections last weekend. That followed three weeks of opposition protests in Budapest sparked by an audiotape admission that he lied about Hungary's troubled economy before winning parliamentary elections last April. Outside parliament, Hungary's center-right opposition has been staging a mass rally and continues to demand Gyurcsany's departure. US, Europe reach draft deal on air data The United States and the European Union have reached a preliminary accord on new rules to supply personal data on US-bound air passengers. An EU official said the deal had been reached during marathon talks held in Luxembourg. No details were immediately available. The accord still has to be formally approved by EU justice ministers meeting later in the day. It would replace an earlier arrangement that was struck down by a top EU court in May. The United States has been demanding access to personal details on all travellers headed to US airports in an effort to combat terrorism. Carl Bildt back as foreign minister In a surprise move Sweden's new conservative Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has picked Carl Bildt as his foreign minister. Bildt, a liberal and pro-European, led Sweden from 1991 until 1994 and served later as a UN envoy in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Reinfeldt, at 41 a newcomer to government, heads a four-party coalition which replaces Sweden's previous Social Democrat administration. In parliament, Reinfeldt said his cabinet would focus on job creation and tax cuts for lower income earners. Unemployment was a key theme of last month's election. Reinhardt's cabinet comprises 10 women and 12 men. Bavaria hit by railway strikes Commuters and travellers passing through the Bavarian cities of Munich and Nuremberg have been facing delays during the morning rush hour after German railway workers walked off the job. Trade unions have called a series of warning strikes to drive home their demand that current job guarantees remain in place even if the German railway, Deutsche Bahn, is privatised. The German government is considering selling off parts of the state-owned rail company. An existing job guarantee for 130,000 of its staff till 2010 may not apply to parts of the workforce transferred to any new company. German industrialist Friedrich Karl Flick dead Billionaire industrialist, Friedrich Karl Flick, who once headed one of Germany's most powerful business empires, has died at his home in Austria at the age of 79. Born in Berlin on February 3, 1927, Flick worked in the family business and inherited a major part of it in 1972 when his father died. 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