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22.03.08, 17:00 Uhr UTC
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Today's highlight on DW-WORLD:
Dutch Muslim Group Calls for Ban of Anti-Islam Film
A Dutch Muslim group has asked a court to appoint experts to view a
film about Islam in order to find a reason for it to be banned. On
Saturday, March 22, protestors in Amsterdam demonstrated against
the film's maker.
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Taiwan pres-elect seeks boost in ties with China
Taiwanese opposition candidate Ma Ying-jeou has won a landslide
victory in presidential elections on the island. Ma of the
Nationalist Party finished nearly 17 percentage points ahead of
Frank Hsieh of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. In
announcing his victory, Ma said that relations with mainland China
had stagnated and that Taiwan would have to prioritise things. He
said before any normalisation of economic relations with Beijing,
all threats would have to be removed, making reference to missiles
China has pointed at Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its territory.
China says it will crush Tibetan protests
China is defying calls from Europe, the US, and Asia to begin a
dialogue with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a week after
riots in the western province. The Communist Party's main newspaper,
the People's Daily, wrote in an editorial that the government would
resolutely crush anti-China forces in Tibet. The commentary again
accused the Dalai Lama of masterminding last week's riots. A group
of 29 Chinese dissidents has urged Beijing to open direct dialogue
with the Dalai Lama. They also asked for the government to produce
evidence of his being behind the protests. Beijing has raised the
death toll to 19, a number that exile Tibetans say is close to 100.
Turkish police move against Kurdish protests
Kurdish New Year's celebrations in south-eastern Turkey have turned
violent, with up to 60 people, including police officers, being
injured and scores more detained. Security forces used tear gas and
water cannon to disperse some 1,500 protesters in the city of Van,
close to the Iranian border. They threw stones at police and used
the celebrations to demonstrate in favour of the separatist
Kurdistan Workers' Party, which the Turkish government considers a
terrorist organisation. There were violent demonstrations in other
Turkish cities where there are large Kurdish populations.
Cheney ends visit to Saudi Arabia
US Vice President Dick Cheney has ended his visit to Saudi Arabia
with private talks with King Abdullah. A major topic in their
meeting at the king's farm on the outskirts of Riyadh was the global
energy market. A senior US official told reporters that the two
shared some common views about factors in the oil market that have
pushed prices to record highs. They discussed ways to affect the
energy market but no further details were revealed from the
confidential talks that also covered Iran, Iraq and the Mideast
peace process. Cheney is due in Israel later on Saturday followed by
meetings with Palestinian officials.
Sri Lankan ship sunk
Ten Sri Lankan navy sailors remain missing after their boat was sunk
by a suspected Tamil Tiger mine. A pro-rebel website claimed the
incident, off Sri Lanka's northern coast, was a suicide attack by
the group's naval wing. Sri Lanka's air force renewed its bombing of
Tamil ground positions in response to the attack. The navy ship is
the second sunk since the Sri Lankan government formally scrapped a
tattered truce in the country's 25 year civil war in January.
Palestinian refugees clash in Lebanon
Quiet has returned to a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon after
heavy overnight fighting. At least one person was killed and four
others wounded in gun battles which began Friday in the Ain al-
Helweh camp outside the southern port city of Sidon. The clashes
erupted after fighters from the mainstream Fatah faction of
Palestinian refugees seized a leader of a group of Islamic militants
and handed him over to Lebanese authorities. A formal cease fire is
in effect.
Two Russian journalists murdered in separate incidents
Russian news agencies say a well-known broadcaster and TV chief from
Russia's restive North Caucasus has been shot dead by unidentified
gunmen in the regional capital of Makhachkala. The shooting of
Gadzhi Abashilov happened just hours after the body of another
television journalist, originally from Dagestan, was discovered in
Moscow. 32-year-old Ilyas Shurpayev was stabbed and strangled to
death in his Moscow apartment. He was a correspondent who reported
on the unrest in Chechnya and other parts of the Caucasus region. A
murder investigation has been launched into both cases. More than a
dozen journalists have been killed in contract-style killings in
Russia since 2000.
Cypriot leaders agree to restart reunification talks
The European Union and the United States have welcomed the decision
to resume talks between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders,
towards reunification. The deal was struck at a meeting between
Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat in Nicosia. The two
leaders also agreed to re-open a key crossing in the divided capital.
Cyprus has been divided along ethnic lines since 1974 when Turkey
seized its northern third in response to an Athens-engineered Greek
Cypriot coup aimed at uniting the island with Greece.
Rice apologises for passport breach of presidential candidates
The passport files of the three remaining US presidential candidates,
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, have been breached by
employees working for the US State Department. US Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice apologised for the incident and said there
would be a full investigation into the case. Two State Department
contract workers have been fired and a third disciplined. A
spokesman for Obama suggested that the government could be using
private information for "political purposes". Passport files in the
US contain personal data such as age and place of birth, as well as
a person's foreign travel record. They also contain an individual's
Social Security number, which can be used to obtain credit records
and other personal information.
Ferrari grab 1st row; McLaren penalised
Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa and world driving champion Kimi
Raikonnen have captured the first and second starting spots for this
Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. McLaren rivals Heikki Kovalainen and
last week's victor in Australia, Lewis Hamilton, were dropped five
places each for impeding rivals during qualifying. They start now in
the eighth and ninth positions respectively.
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