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21.03.08, 17:00 Uhr UTC
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Today's highlight on DW-WORLD:
Divided Cyprus Moves a Step Closer To Unity
Rival Cypriot leaders agreed to reopen a landmark street running through
the heart of Cyprus's divided capital in a meeting Friday, March 20, to
kickstart peace talks, top UN representative Michael Moller said.
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Nancy Pelosi speaks out on Tibet
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives has met with Tibet's
spiritual leader at his base in northern India. Nancy Pelosi is the
first high level official to meet with the Dalai Lama since last
Friday's outbreak of violence in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.
Following her talks with the Dalai Lama, Pelosi said the
international community had an obligation to speak out against the
Chinese crackdown on demonstrators in Tibet. Beijing has accused the
Dalai Lama of organising the demonstrations against Chinese rule in
Tibet, The Dalai Lama denies this. Tibetan exiles say around 100
demonstrators have been killed in the violence. Beijing says rioters
have killed around a dozen civilians. Foreign journalists have been
expelled and thousands of Chinese troops have been deployed to Tibet.
US State Department apologises for file breach of presidential
candidates
The US State Department has apologised for breaching the passport
files of presidential hopefuls Senators Barack Obama, Hillary
Clinton and John McCain. The unauthorised access to the computerised
passport files reportedly occurred last year. US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice apologised for the breach and said there would be
an investigation into the case. Two State Department contract
workers have already been fired over the incidents. Democrats Obama
and Clinton are locked in a heated battle for the party's nomination
to meet the presumptive Republican nominee McCain in the November 4
presidential election.
Cypriot leaders agree to restart reunification talks
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have agreed to open a key crossing
in the capital, Nicosia, in a symbolic gesture aimed at reviving
reunification talks. The Ledra street crossing, in the middle of a
pedestrian shopping district, has become a symbol of the
Mediterranean island's 34 year division. The two sides' leaders held
their first meeting since Dimitris Christofias became president of
Greek Cyprus last month. He was elected on a platform of solving the
island's division. Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali
Talat also agreed to set up a working group to deal with
reunification, and to review its progress in another meeting in
three months time.
Bulgaria ratifies Lisbon Treaty
Bulgaria has become the sixth country to ratify the European Union's
reform treaty. An overwhelming majority of parliamentarians voted in
favour of the measure. The Lisbon Treaty, which was adopted by EU
leaders last December, is meant to streamline the bloc's decision-
making process. The treaty replaces the EU's draft constitution,
which was voted down in refererenda in France and the Netherlands in
2005. Critics say the new document is practically identical to the
constitution. The Lisbon treaty has to be ratified by all 27 EU
member states for it to come into force as scheduled on January 1,
2009.
Russian journalist murdered in Moscow
A Russian journalist has been found dead in his Moscow apartment.
Russian state television said in a statement that 32-year-old Ilyas
Shurpayev was a correspondent who reported on the unrest in Chechnya
and other parts of the Caucasus region. A murder investigation has
been launched after police found that his body had multiple knife
wounds and a belt wrapped around his neck. At least 12 journalists
have been killed in Russia over the past eight years. The best-known
is the 2006 murder of Anna Politkovskaya, who came to prominence for
her outspoken critcism of the government and the Russian military
campaign in Chechnya.
Demonstrations in Kabul against Mohammed cartoons
Thousands of demonstrators have torched Dutch and Danish flags in
the Afghan capital of Kabul. They were protesting against the
reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad in Danish newspapers
and a Dutch film on the Koran that is to be released later this
month. The controversial cartoons were first published by the Danish
daily Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 and reprinted by other
newspapers the following year. The images led to violent protests
across the world and resulted in the death of over 50 people. Last
month, some Danish newspapers reprinted one of the cartoons in
solidarity with the cartoonist after three men were arrested on
suspicion of plans to kill him.
Christians mark Good Friday
Tens of thousands of Christian pilgrims have marked Good Friday with
a procession in Jerusalem's walled Old City to retrace the steps
tradition says Jesus took to his crucifixion. At the Vatican,
meanwhile, Pope Benedict XVI is to preside over the Catholic
Church's celebration of the Passion at St Peter's Basilica. Later,
the 80-year-old Pontiff is to proceed to the Colosseum, in central
Rome, where he is to take part in the Way of the Cross procession.
ETA car bomb explodes near Spanish police station
A car bomb has exploded near a police barracks at Calahorra, in
Spain's northern region of Rioja. Public radio said a warning had
been received from the Basque separatist group ETA stating the
location of the bomb and the make and colour of the car. There were
no immediate reports of casualties and the newspaper El Mundo said
on its website that the police station had been cleared before the
explosion. ETA is blamed for the death of more than 800 people in a
violent 40-year campaign for the independence of the Basque Country
of northern Spain and southwestern France.
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