DEUTSCHE WELLE/DW-WORLD.DE Newsletter English Service News 23.01.07, 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=evuba8Ifcha79I0&req=l%3Devuba7Ifcha79I0 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Today's highlight on DW-WORLD: EU: Germany Refused US Offer to Release Guantanamo Inmate A German-born Turk ended up imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay for three years longer than necessary after the former German government refused him entry to the country, an EU parliamentary committee said Tuesday. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evuba8Ifcha79I1&req=l%3Devuba7Ifcha79I1 '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Dozens injured in Lebanon general strike Lebanon has been brought to a virtual standstill by a nation-wide general strike called by the Hezbollah-led opposition. Correspondents say burning tires and cars have been blocking major thoroughfares in and around the capital, Beirut. At least 50 people are reported to have been injured in clashes between Hezbollah and government supporters. This is just the latest move in Hezbollah's efforts to bring down the government of Prime Minister Fuoad Siniora. Slain journalist Dink buried in Istanbul Slain Turkish-Armenian writer and journalist Hrant Dink has been laid to rest at an Armenian cemetery in Istanbul. Tens of thousands of people gathered outside of the offices of the newspaper where he worked, before marching behind his coffin to the cemetery. A 17-year-old Turkish youth has confessed to gunning down the journalist outside of his workplace on Friday. Dink angered some Turks by describing the Ottoman Empire massacre of Armenians during World War I as genocide. 10 Afghans killed near NATO base At least 10 people have been killed and a dozen others wounded in a suicide attack outside a NATO base in southeast Afghanistan. The governor of Khost province was quoted as saying that the victims were labourers waiting at a checkpoint to get in to the base to work. A NATO spokeswoman said no NATO troops were hurt. Suicide bombings were almost unknown in Afghanistan until 2005 but the number of attacks surged to 139 last year, according to US military figures. There have already been several suicide attacks this year. EU committee traces CIA flights A European parliamentary committee has reiterated its allegation that up to 13 EU nations knew of covert US flights in Europe and seizures of terror suspects by CIA agents. Revising its initial report of last November the committee says there's now insufficient proof of CIA secret prisons in Poland. The committee says it logged 1,400 covert flights, mainly across Britain, Germany and Ireland, mostly for so-called prisoner rendition purposes. Committee head Carlos Coelho also accused the EU's executive of withholding from the European parliament documents about EU contacts with US officials. The committee began its probe in 2005 into claims that the CIA held al-Qaeda suspects in Europe without judicial process. The European human rights convention guarantees a fair trial. Steinmeier says no US offer to release Kurnaz German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has denied that in 2002 the government of ex-chancellor Gerhard Schröder turned down a US offer to release a German-born Turkish man from Guantanamo. That's asserted by a special committee of the European Parliament whose final report concludes that the former Guantanamo prison inmate Murat Kurnaz posed no terrorist threat. Steinmeier, who was then chancellery minister in Schröder's government, said in Brussels that German approaches to the US and Turkey to get Kurnaz freed only entered a decisive phase in 2005. Kurnaz, who was initially arrested in Pakistan in 2001 as a terrorist suspect and taken to Guantanamo on Cuba was finally freed last August. He was never tried. Katsav facing possible indictment Israel's attorney-general has recommended that President Moshe Katsav be indicted on charges of rape and abuse of power. A final decision on the indictment can be made only after a hearing, where Katsav could present his case. Katsav has denied the charges, which stem from complaints made by four women who worked for him during his tenure as president and when he was a cabinet minister. The president enjoys immunity while in office and could be tried only after he resigns or when he term ends, later this year. French trio seized in Nablus Three Frenchmen have been abducted in the West Bank city of Nablus. Responsibility has been claimed by the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant Palestinian group. According to the news agency Reuters, the group identified the trio as a French diplomat and his two bodyguards, who had initially raised suspicions of being undercover Israeli soldiers. The militants said all three were likely to be released shortly. Last year, at least 18 foreigners, including several journalist were seized by Palestinian militants, mostly in the Gaza Strip. They were released, mostly within hours or days. Canada serial murder trial starts In Canada, a man has gone on trial, suspected of killing dozens of women. British Columbia farmer Robert Pickton has pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree murder. But the 57-year-old Pickton is reported to have told police that he had killed a total of 49 women, each of whom had gone missing in the Vancouver area. BC's Supreme Court near Vancouver, is hearing what is to be just the first in a series of murder trials. British police hold five in anti-terror raids Police in northern England have arrested five men in dawn raids on suspicion of supporting terrorism. A police statement said two were arrested in Halifax, while three others were arrested in Manchester. It said there were no indications that the suspects had planned any terror activity in Britain. The raids were conducted under the Terrorism Act, which was passed following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, and would be questioned in London. Guinea police in bid to keep lid on unrest Police and soldiers in Guinea have clamped a security cordon around central areas of the capital Conakry and other towns in a bid to stifle violent protests triggered by a general strike. More than 30 people have been killed since the start of the strike called by unions in the West African country about two weeks ago. Protesters are demanding that 72-year-old President Lansana Conte step down. The United Nations, the African Union and foreign governments have expressed alarm at the violence and called for restraint. The strike has halted bauxite shipments by the world's biggest exporter. Ethiopian troops leave Mogadishu Ethiopian troops have begun withdrawing from Mogadishu, four weeks after they helped the interim government oust Islamist forces from the Somali capital. Somalia's Interior Minister Hussein Mohamed Farah Aideed said African Union forces will replace the Ethiopian troops within a week. The African Union has approved a force of almost 8,000 troops. It's not sure however whether they will be able to maintain calm in a country that has been mired in chaos since the 1991 overthrow of a dictator. China confirms missile test China has confirmed that it conducted a missile test earlier this month, in which it shot down an ageing weather satellite. A Foreign Ministry spokesman told a news conference in Beijing that the test posed no threat to other countries and that China continued to advocate the strictly peaceful use of outer space. The test, which was conducted almost two weeks ago, has been condemned by several countries, including the United States and Japan. German film up for Academy Award In the United States, the nominees for this year's Academy Awards have been announced. 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