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President Bush has said the successor to Abu Musaba Al-Zaqawi as Al-Qaida leader in Iraq will be put on his administration's list of those to be brought to justice. He was speaking after al-Qaida had named Sheik Abu Hamza al-Muhajer to succeed its former leader, who was killed in an American bombing raid last Wednesday. Mr. Bush and his senior advisors are having talks at Camp David on future policy in Iraq. The Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is joining the talks on Tuesday by video link. Adam Brooks reports from Washington.
In the leafy mountain retreat of Camp David, President Bush is holding a council of war. The White House says that this two-day meeting is aimed at finding ways to help Iraq govern itself, sustain itself and defend itself. One of the president's senior advisors Dan Bartler told journalists that the meeting discussed the situation in Iraq following the killing of the Al-Qaida leader Abu Musaba al-Zaqawi. Mr. Bartler called this a fundamental breakpoint for the Iraqi people. But he said that the situation in Iraq was still serious and vexing, and he played down suggestions that an announcement on US troop withdrawals might come soon.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has said it plans to make an unscheduled visit to the American detention camp at Guantanamo bay, following the three suicides which took place there on Saturday. It says the U. S has agreed to the request. The visit by three Red Cross delegates including a doctor and an Arabic speaker is expected to take place this week. Vicent Luser, a Red Cross spokesman, said the visit was intended to gauge the mood in the camp.
Obviously we want to go to talk, of course, with the authorities there, to talk to the other detainees and there is another element that whenever something happens at Guangtanamo Bay, the families of the detainees across the world are extremely worried, so we give the inmates a possibility to write a message home.
Police in Iran have used batons and pepper spray to break up a protest by a small group of women demanding equal rights. About 20 women took part in the demonstration in Tehran's main square to demand a change in laws regarding marriage and divorce which they consider discriminatory. The women had barely begun to gather and sing feminist songs when a large contingent of police attacked them.
The Palestinian leader Mahamoud Abbas has placed security forces on maximum alert, following violent disturbances in Gaza and the West Bank city of Ramala. The trouble began in Gaza when shots were fired at the funeral of a Hamas activist in the town of Rafa. Hamas activists then attacked the compound of a security agency loyal to Mr. Abbas. Two people were killed and 15 wounded.
Turkey has completed the first stage of detailed negotiations with the European Union on eventual membership. Agreement was reached in Luxembourg on science and research, the first of 35 policy areas under discussion. But negotiations began only after European Union Foreign Ministers reached a last-minute deal to overcome objections from Cyprus. Jonny Diamond reports from Luxembourg.
Instead of celebration, Monday was a long and sometimes painful insight into how difficult the membership negotiations would be. For several hours in the morning, the Cyprian government held up the talks with objections to the lack of progress in the normalization of relations between Turkey and the island. Once a common position was agreed amongst EU member states, it took five hours for the Turkish Foreign Minister to board his plane to come to the negotiations. In the closing briefing, Hasila Barsnic said that the day should act as a major warning to Turkey that it needed to normalize its relations with Cyprus.
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The Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has brought into force a law designed to ensure that the armed forces never wage war on their own people again. The law says the military will only be employed against foreign aggression and reduces the powers of the heads of the arm ed services. Tens of thousands of Argentines were (kept) kidnapped and killed during military rule between 1976 and 1983. Daniel Schweimler reports from Buenos Aires.
President Nestor Kirchner and the Defense Minister Nilda Garr signed the law at a ceremony in the presidential palace attended by the heads of the Argentine army, navy and air force. It clearly defines the role of the military, saying they will only be employed against external aggression. It also says that the heads of the three services will only devote themselves to recruitment, training and maintenance of their respective forces. The law won broad approval 18 years ago under the government of president Huara Alfonsin. Successive governments have since failed to take the necessary measures to put the law into effect.
And football. Italy have opened their World Cup campaign by beating Ghana by 2 goals to nil.
words and expressions
breakpoint: Or break point A point of discontinuity, change, or cessation contingent: A share or quota, as of troops, contributed to a general effort gauge: To evaluate or judge leafy: Covered with or having leaves play down: 降低, 贬低, 减少 retreat: A place affording peace, quiet, privacy, or security vexing: To bring distress or suffering to; plague or afflict
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