DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 05.12.06, 17:00 Uhr UTC
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Need a good laugh? Then check out DW-WORLD.DE'S From the Fringe Special, which regularly brings you quirky stories from and about Germany. To find out more, go to http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hmcg7Ifcha79I0&req=l%3D1hmceuIfcha79I0 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: EU Split Over Imposing Tougher Entry Conditions on Turkey European Union leaders have divergent views on Turkey's troubled bid to join the 25-nation bloc, with Germany and France set to call for tougher conditions on Ankara. Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Poland want doors open. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hmcg7Ifcha79I1&req=l%3D1hmceuIfcha79I1 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Fiji may be out of Commonwealth Fiji has been warned it could be suspended from the Commonwealth after the country's latest coup. The Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon has told a news conference in London that the likelihood of a suspension is very high. Fiji's military commander Frank Bainimarama has taken control of the country and dismissed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase from office. Australia and New Zealand have condemned the coup, calling the military action unconstitutional. US Defence Secretary hearing begins The man nominated to replace Donald Rumsfeld as US Defence Secretary has told a Senate hearing he doesn't believe America is winning the war in Iraq. Sixty-three-year old Robert Gates is a former CIA director, and is President George W. Bush's pick for the top Defence job. He's facing what's expected to be a quick Senate confirmation hearing in Washington. Gates has also said he's open to new ideas on Iraq but has stressed it's up to the President to decide future strategy. Meanwhile, top Democratic Senator Carl Levin has said Gates faces a monumental challenge in correcting mistakes in Iraq. Car bomb attacks in Baghdad Three car bombs have exploded consecutively near a petrol station in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 14 people. The attack occurred in the predominantly Shi'ite neigbourhood of Bayaa. In a separate incident, 15 employees of a Shi'ite religious body were killed in an ambush on their bus. The US military says insurgents have attacked a US army patrol in Baghdad, killing one soldier and wounding five. Iraqi PM calls for reconciliation talks The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced plans for national reconciliation talks later this month. In a televised address, Al-Maliki has said the negotiations between all Iraq's political parties will aim to address the country's deep political and security crisis. The Prime Minister has also said he's sending envoys to neighbouring countries to seek cooperation in improving security in Iraq. Germany condemns Annan's Iraq view German politicians from across the political spectrum have reacted strongly to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's recent comments on Iraq. Annan has said Iraq is in the middle of civil war, and that Iraqi people are worse off now than they were under Saddam Hussein. The CDU party's foreign politics expert Eckart von Klaeden has called Annan's comments cynical and dangerous. Social Democrat Hans Ulrich Klose has said life for people in Iraq has completely changed now that they're free from a dictator, and the FDP's Wolfgang Gerhardt has called Annan's comments simply out of the question. No UK extradition for Russian suspects Russia's prosecutor general says Moscow will not extradite possible suspects in the poisoning of former spy Alexander Litvinenko to Britain. But Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika insisted that Russia would cooperate with British investigators, who are in Moscow to collect information on Litvinenko's death in London. Doctors found polonium-210, a rare radioactive substance, in Litvinenko's body before he died on November 23. The Kremlin has denied claims that it was involved in the killing of Litvinenko, who had been a harsh critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Musharraf suggests autonomy rule for Kashmir Pakistan has signalled its readiness to give up its claim to the disputed Kashmir region, provided that India accepts a peace settlement. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf told NDTV Indian television that he was proposing far-reaching self governance under the joint supervision of both countries, with a porous border. Musharraf ruled out, however, full independence for the Himalayan territory. India's junior Foreign Minister Anand Sharma declined to comment on the idea publicly but said the two countries could discuss it at talks next month. Since 2004 India and Pakistan have been negotiating a solution to their long-standing Kashmir conflict. Germany heads EUFOR in Bosnia German Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer has assumed command over the European Union Force in Bosnia, also known as EUFOR. The 6,000-strong European force replaced a NATO-led peacekeeping presence in Bosnia two years ago. The EU force is securing stability in Bosnia 11 years since the end of a three-year civil war. The EU's top diplomat, Javier Solana, German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung and top Bosnian officials attended the change of command ceremony near the capital Sarajevo. Between 1992 and 1995 Bosnia was torn by a war between Serbs, Croats and the majority Moslems which erupted following the disintegration of the federal Yugoslavia. Tropical storm Durian hits south Vietnam Tropical storm Durian has swept southern Vietnam, killing up to 50 people and destroying homes and boats. The storm, with winds of up to 120 kilometres per hour, hit the Mekong Delta provinces and the island of Phu Quy. Before it struck, Vietnamese authorities had evacuated tens of thousands of people. In its trail, Durian left 1,300 people dead or missing in the Philippines, where it first struck late last week. Rains triggered mudslides which buried entire villages on the flanks of the volcano Mount Mayon. Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has visited that disaster site. Two Indonesian transport aircraft have brought food and medicines. Spanish firemen have set up a field hospital for injured survivors. UN acts on failing Uganda talks The United Nations has named Mozambique's former president as a special envoy to bolster the foundering peace process in Uganda. The outgoing UN chief Kofi Annan says Joaquim Chissano will work with the governments of Uganda, Sudan and the Congo and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army to help resolve the brutal conflict. So far tens of thousands of people have died in two decades of fighting. Poverty increases in Germany Poverty in Germany affects one in eight residents or 10.6 million people. The Federal Statistics Bureau in its new study says that figure includes 1.7 million children. Those most likely to fall below the official poverty level of less than 856 euros of disposible income per month are people who are unemployed, untrained or living alone. The German charities' federation says the study confirms an alarming surge in poverty within Germany. The statistics stem from 2004. The charities says it's got even worse since last year when the government introduced a series of labour market and social welfare changes. Half of the households surveyed by the bureau said they could not even afford a one-week holiday each year. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Brush up on your language skills with DW-WORLD.DE's new interactive German courses. 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