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Ronaldinho: This Will Be Brazil's World Cup Midfielder Ronaldinho is considered by many to be the world's best soccer player. DW-WORLD.DE spoke with the two-time World Footballer of the Year about the World Cup, family and racism. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlav6Ifcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ""Kicking News"" -- DW-WORLD's Soccer Newsletter: Get all the news about the World Cup and Germany's Bundesliga on DW-WORLD.DE at the end of every month. To subscribe, go to: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlav6Ifcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At least 9 dead in Tel Aviv blast A Palestinian suicide bomber has killed at least nine people and wounded nearly 50 others in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The bomber apparently scuffled with a security official outside a restaurant in the old central bus station before detonating the bomb. The militant group Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for the blast. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the bombing as a terrorist attack. However, the new Hamas-led Palestinian government said the bombing was a legitimate response to what they called Israeli aggression. Israel said Hamas was responsible for the attack. The explosion came just hours before Israel's newly elected parliament was sworn in. Danube hits 100-year high Tens of thousands of people across south-eastern Europe have been forced to flee their homes as the Danube river reaches its highest levels there in more than a century. Serbia has declared a state of emergency in ten regions with the city of Smederevo, east of the capital Belgrade, particularly hard hit. In Romania, authorities have started submerging thousands of hectares of farmland to prevent the swollen river from flooding more villages. Some 3,000 residents of the village of Rast were evacuated before the surging river entirely submerged their homes. In Bulgaria, a state of emergency is still in place along the Danube, with the government warning the water levels were expected to reach a peak on Wednesday. Saddam's trial adjourned The trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, which resumed earlier on Monday, has been adjourned until Wednesday. Saddam and seven co-defendants are charged with the killing of almost 150 Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in 1982. The chief judge said experts needed more time to examine Saddam's handwriting which prosecutors say link him to the killings. He himself had refused to confirm or deny his signature. Earlier a planned session of Iraq's parliament was postponed as disagreements continue over who should be prime minister. It would have been only the second sitting of parliament since elections in December. Kurdish and Sunni parties are refusing to support the Shia nominee for prime minister, Ibrahim Jaafari. Iran to continue enrichment: Rafsanjani Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani has said his country has no intention of stopping its nuclear enrichment programme. Rafsanjani told reporters during a visit to Kuwait that Iran would continue its nuclear research despite increasing international concern. Earlier, a leading US Republican senator had said the Bush administration should hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear programme. Richard Lugar, the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, said much could be gained from holding direct talks and that it was too soon to press for sanctions. The UN Security Council has given Iran until April 28 to end its enrichment activities or face possible sanctions. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wants the Council to consider military action to deal with Iran's defiance. One killed in Nepal protests In Nepal, at least one person has been killed after troops opened fire on anti-monarchy demonstrators in the eastern town of Nijgadh. This brings to a total of five the number of people killed in protests that have swept the country over the past 12 days. Earlier, the royalist government deployed the army to ensure food supplies reach the capital amid an ongoing general strike called jointly by opposition parties and Maoist rebels to protest King Gyanendra's absolute rule. The opposition has urged people to stop paying taxes and has called on international donors to stop all aid to the government as part of a growing anti-monarchy campaign. The king has offered to hold new elections by April next year but opposition parties want him to hand over power immediately. Karzai orders probe into civilian deaths Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the killing of seven civilians in the eastern Kunar province on Saturday. Karzai said in a statement on Monday that he had ordered the security forces to take precautions to prevent civilian casualties. The civilians were killed during Operation Mountain Lion launched by coalition and Afghan forces last week. It's the biggest joint operation against insurgents in months. The US-led coalition announced its own investigation on Sunday, saying the civilian fatalities were discovered after an intense firefight with a group of insurgents that involved air support and artillery fire. The coalition said it was also probing whether friendly fire caused the deaths of six Afghan policemen in a separate battle in the south of the country on Friday. India snubs US bid to cap nuclear tests India has said that it will make no explicit commitment to capping nuclear tests as part of a landmark civilian atomic cooperation agreement with the US. The agreement was finalised when President George W. Bush visited India last month but a draft of the deal framed since suggested that the pact would be discontinued if India tested a nuclear device. Under the deal, India will receive US nuclear technology in return for separating its military and civilian facilities, and opening up some atomic plants to international inspections. The Indian foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that it was bound only to continuing a unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing. New Delhi has refused to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, calling it discriminatory. German African beaten in racial attack A German man of African origin is fighting for his life after being brutally beaten in a racist attack. Authorities in Potsdam, a city west of Berlin said they were searching for the two attackers, and believed racism was the motive behind the attack. The 37-year old man was attacked in the early hours of Monday morning, and it is still unclear if he will survive. Chad to allow Sudan refugees to stay Chad has said some 200,000 Sudanese refugees will not be expelled from the country, despite earlier warnings they would have leave by June. The United Nations's high commissioner for refugees said Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno had given assurances that he would not force the refugees to return to Sudan's Darfur region. Chad broke off diplomatic relations with neighbouring Sudan last Friday, after rebels assaulted Chad's capital N'Djamena last week. Deby accused Sudan of arming the rebels, and said the Sudanese government was using the conflict in Darfur to destabilise the entire region. China concerned over rapid growth Chinese President Hu Jintao has said he's worried by the speed of the country's economic growth. On Sunday he announced that the economy had grown by 10.2 percent in the past year, more than two percentage points above the official target. Hu said the aim was not to create excessive growth but ensure that the standard of living for ordinary people improves. There are also concerns that the booming economy could take its toll on China's resources and the environment. The latest figures come just ahead of Hu's visit to the United States this week, where he's expected to face increasing criticism over China's economic policies. Six killed in Sri Lankan mine blasts In Sri Lanka mine attacks in two towns have killed four government soldiers and two suspected Tamil Tiger rebels. Army sources said the four soldiers were killed by a claymore mine in the town of Vavuniya, the last government-held stronghold just south of rebel territory. 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