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English Service News July 2nd 2006, 16:00 UTC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: An All-European Fight for the World Cup Brazil and Argentina are packing their bags for home, leaving the 2006 World Cup to be battled for amongst four European teams. With the exception of Italy, few people had the Europeans on their list of favorites. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hliejIfcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlieiIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW THE WORLD CUP WITH DW-WORLD.DE! Get all the latest news, background analysis, interviews and service information with DW-WORLD.DE's special coverage of the big event at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hliejIfcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlieiIfcha79I1 You can also subscribe to "Instant Replay," DW-WORLD.DE's soccer newsletter, which will update you daily during the Cup. To subscribe, go to: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hliejIfcha79I2&req=l%3D1hlieiIfcha79I2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Car bombs, attempt on MP jolt Baghdad Three car bombs have exploded in Baghdad's central Karradah district, killing at least three people and wounding 16 others. In another Baghdad attack Sunday, a roadside bomb exploded in the path of a convoy carrying Iyad Jamaleddin, a Shiite member of parliament. Three passers-by were wounded. The latest violence came as a new Internet audio message attributed to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned of retaliation against Iraqi Shiites he charged were waging a campaign of "genocide" against Sunnis. It also coincided with the Iraqi government's release of a new 41-member list of most wanted fugitives, including the wife and a daughter of ousted leader Saddam Hussein, both living in exile abroad. Hamas militants threaten more attacks The armed wing of the governing Palestinan movement Hamas has condemned Israel's strikes on high-profile targets in Gaza and threatened to respond by resuming attacks inside the Jewish state. The office of Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya was struck by an Israeli missile in an overnight air raid early Sunday. Haniya was not in the building at the time of the raid, but three guards were injured in the ensuing fire. The attack marked a new escalation in the crisis that started a week ago when three militant groups, including Hamas's armed wing, captured an Israeli soldier. Mediation efforts led by moderate Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Egypt have failed so far to yield results. Israel rejected a demand by the soldier's kidnappers to release 1,000 prisoners in Israeli jails. British soldiers killed in Afghanistan Coalition air strikes have killed eight Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan after two British soldiers, an interpreter and 12 other rebels died in a major battle. The violence comes as NATO prepares to take over security responsibilities from the US-led force in the south. The two British soldiers were killed on Saturday night in the southern province of Helmand, where more than 3,000 British troops are based. More than 1,000 people, most of them militants, have been killed in Afghanistan since January. About 50 foreign troops have been killed. Two dead in Bangladesh protests Two people are dead and more than 100 others injured as police in Bangladesh fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters enforcing a nationwide transport shutdown. Supporters of a 14-party opposition alliance blockaded highways, trains and ferries to press for electoral reforms ahead of nationwide polls in January 2007. Millions were left stranded across the country during the six-hour long blockade. The opposition accuses the government of turning the election commission into a "wing of the ruling four-party alliance" and have threatened to boycott any poll it organises. Iran rejects deadline for nuclear response Iran has rejected a Sunday deadline to respond to an international offer aimed at resolving a dispute over its nuclear programme. A foreign policy spokesman said Tehran would give its answer during the next Iranian month which begins July 23. World powers on Thursday gave Iran one more week to provide a "clear and substantive response" to an international proposal on suspending Tehran's uranium enrichment. The five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany have offered Iran a package of incentives that includes multilateral talks if it agrees to temporarily halt enrichment. That work is at the centre of fears that the Islamic regime could acquire nuclear weapons, although Tehran insists the project aims only to provide fuel for nuclear energy. German Defence Minister visits Congo German Defence Minister Franz-Josef Jung embarks today on a three day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon. Bundeswehr troops are currently being deployed in both countries as part of a European Union peacekeeping force. The troops are there to ensure security during the Congo parliamentary elections at the end of July. Jung told journalists that the troops would be home by Christmas. The German minister is due to inspect military bases in Kinshasa and Libreville and hold political talks with regional leaders. Lubbers named Dutch caretaker premier The Netherlands has announced plans to hold parliamentary elections in November. Queen Beatrix has appointed former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers to oversee the formation of a caretaker government until the vote. The move follows the resignation on Friday of prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende. His center-right government collapsed when the junior coalition partner D66 party withdrew its support to protest government immigration policy. Observers say Balkenende is likely to form a minority government until the election. Mexicans vote in presidential race Voters in Mexico are going to the polls in a presidential election that could put a leftist leader into power or keep the Latin American country on a conservative track. The two top contenders are Harvard-educated conservative Felipe Calderon, of the ruling party, and former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Third place in opinion polls went to Roberto Madrazo, the leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI,) which ruled Mexico with an iron fist for 71 years before the historic 2000 electoral victory by Vicente Fox, of the National Action Party (PAN.) EADS, Airbus chiefs resign over delays The heads of the European aerospace group EADS and its Airbus subsidiary have resigned over delays to deliveries of the A380 superjumbo jet. The news of the delays wiped 5.5 billion euros off EADS's shares and pushed Airbus into the wake of US rival Boeing. The two companies issued terse statements announcing EADS's French co-chief executive Noel Forgeard and Airbus's German head Gustav Humbert were stepping down. Forgeard is to be replaced by Louis Gallois, the boss of France's state-owned SNCF rail company, while Humbert is to be succeeded by Christian Streiff, a former top executive for the French glass manufacturer Saint Gobain. France defeats lacklustre Brazil In World Cup soccer action: A goal by Thierry Henry handed France a 1-0 win over defending champions Brazil in a World Cup quarter-final in Frankfurt on Saturday. France now meets Portugal in Wednesday's semi-final in Munich. Earlier, in the other quarter-final match played in Gelsenkirchen, Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo saved three penalties to give his side a 3-1 penalty shootout win over England. On Friday, Germany beat Argentina 4-2 on penalties in extra time. Italy beat Ukraine 3-0 and will face Germany in the semi-finals. Beckham resigns as England captain Soccer celebrity David Beckham has quit as England captain after almost six years in the job. Beckham made the announcement in the wake of England's World Cup quarter-final defeat by Portugal. At 31, Beckham is unlikely to play in another World Cup and the decision to resign, he said, was the most difficult of his career. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DW-TV: Enhanced Media Streaming via P2P technology Larger image, higher resolution: DW-TV's program is now available in an optimized version on the Deutsche Welle Web site, DW-WORLD.DE. http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hliejIfcha79I3&req=l%3D1hlieiIfcha79I3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information please turn to our internet website at http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hliejIfcha79I4&req=l%3D1hlieiIfcha79I4 Here you'll find out what's happening in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. News and background reports from the fields of current affairs, culture, business and science. 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