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An Iraqi insurgent group linked to al-Quaeda says it's killed 4 Russian diplomats kidnapped 3 weeks ago in an ambush in Baghdad. An announcement purporting to come from the group was posted on the internet. It came after the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki presented a national reconciliation plan to parliament. Carolin Brian reports.
The kidnappers had originally said Thursday is the deadline for their demands to be met. Russia must withdraw from Chechnya, they said, and free Muslim prisoners held in Russian jails. If not, the group threatened the hostages would be killed in revenge for the policies of what it's called the infidel Russian government. Moscow issued a statement pleading with hostage takers to release their captives. The Mujahideen Shura Council said it had decided to kill the hostages because Moscow failed to meet its demands. But Chechen rebel leaders have denied having any links to the council and they joined the calls for the release of the hostages.
The Israeli cabinet has met to try to decide how to respond to an attack by Palestinian militants on an army post which left 2 soldiers dead and a third apparently captured. The Israeli ambassador to the Uinted Nations, Dan Gilerman, said his first priority was the release of the soldier and called on every world leader to help. But Mr. Gilerman warned of tough action if the young man was not released immediately.
Israel will do everything in its power to save the soldier but at the same time it is up to the inernational community to prove its seriousness and we call on every world leader to do everything they can to impress on President Abbas and the Palestinian authority the importance of having the soldier released immediately. Otherwise the consequences will be very harsh because Israel must do and will do everything to protect its soldiers and its people.
The world's second richest person, the Amerian financier Warren Buffett, is to give around 85 percent of his wealth to charity. Fortune Magazine said Mr. Buffett had decided to bring forward his plans to give away 37 billion dollars worth of shares in his company Berkshire Hathway. Sarah Morris reports.
Warren Buffet, the 75-year-old investor, has revealed his intentions to donate the majority of his fortune in a letter to the Bill and Melinda Gates Fundation. Based on current values the first year's gift alone will be worth more than 1. 5 billion dollars. The announcement comes after Bill Gates said he would be moving away from his day to day role at Microsoft to focus on his charity work. The Gates Fundation has committed millions of dollars to fighting diseases such as malaria and TB in developing countries and to educational technology in the US. Mr. Buffett, who is the chief executive of the Berkshire Hathaway Corporation, also pledged annual gifts to his 3 children and to a fundation established in memory of his late wife.
12 people, in cluding 4 policemen, have been killed in the South African city of Johannesburg during a shootout between armed robbers and police. The incident began when the authorities tried to halt a robbery at a super market in the suburb of Harneydew. Police officers chased the robbers to a house close to the city center. In the ensuing gun battle, 8 of the robbers and 4 policemen were killed.
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After 9 hours of intense discussion in Luxemburg, directors of the European steel manufacturer Arcelor have decided to accept a partnership offer from the world's biggest steel company Mittal Steel. The deal brings to an end months of acrimonious negotiations aimed at merging the world's 2 largest steel manufacturers. Together Mittal Steel and Arcelor will produce almost 10 percent of world output.
In the football World Cup in Germany, the second round match between Portugal and the Netherlands was marked by chaotic scenes as the Russian referee brandished 16 yellow cards and 4 red-a record at any World Cup finals. More now from Harry Peert in Berlin.
Portugal won the match 1: 0 with the goal from Maniche in the 23rd minute but it was the referee and foul play which dominated the proceedings in a match which could have been a classic. The game ended which both teams down to 9 men with the Russian referee Volentin Ivanov handing out 16 yellow cards. The disciplinary proceedings marred an encounter which showed flashes of brillance from both sides. Once again, the Dutch have failed to live up to expectations while the Portugese under their coach Luiz Phile Scolari, the man who took Brazil to the title 4 years ago, continue to impress by reaching the last eight for the first time in 40 years.
The small town of Ala Kartar in northwestern Colombia is holding a referendum on whether to change its name to Markondo to honor its most famous son, the Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Gacia Marquez. The author's best known novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is set in Macondo, an imaginary town in the banana growing region of Colombia where supernatural events take place.
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words and expressions
acrimonious: Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous brandish:To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly financier: One who is occupied with or expert in large-scale financial affairs flash: A sudden, brief, intense display of light infidel: An unbeliever with respect to a particular religion, especially Christianity or Islam shootout: A gunfight
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