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The Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Olmert has refused to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for information about an Israeli soldier captured by militants on Sunday. Three Palestinian militant groups including the armed wing of the governing Hamas movement have demanded the release of all Palestinian women and children held prisoners by Israel in exchange for information on the soldier. Mr. Olmert said Israel would not submit to what he called terrorist blackmail.
It’s not a matter of a negotiation, it's not a matter of a bargaining, it’s not a matter of an arrangement. It’s a matter of a basic obligation to stand by the basic rules of the international community. And anyone who wishes to be a part of this community has to stand by those rules. The question of releasing prisoners is absolutely not on the agenda of the government of Israel. Mr. Olmert warned that a large-scale military operation against Gaza was rapidly approaching.
President Bush has attacked the New York Times newspaper for revealing details of a covert government programme to monitor international financial transactions. The president said his administration was right to track the money of terrorists and that the decision to publish made it harder to win the war on terror. Last week New York Times revealed the CIA had been given access to payment records in the world's main financial clearing house, but reported that the move had led to the arrest of al-Qaeda members
United States says it will not deal with the man who is expected to be confirmed as the new leader of Somalia Islamic Courts Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, he’s on the US terrorist list and has been accused of working with al-Qaeda. But the spokesman for the US State Department said Washington has not ruled out working with the Islamic Courts Union as a whole. From Washington Jonathon Bill reports.
The United States says it’s still reserving judgment on the increasingly powerful Islamic Courts Union in Somalia. The group has already asked the Somalia warlords enlarge parts of the country. And it’s left the US policy of dealing with warlords to counter the threats from Islamic extremism in tatters. US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the US would not work with somebody like that, adding that America would be troubled if it was the indicator of the direction that the group was going in. The United States, though, has not ruled out working with Islamic Courts Union as a whole. More moderate elements have already tried to reassure the West that they do not want to turn Somalia in to a Taliban-style state.
The police in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo say 13 suspects have been shot dead during an operation to stop a gang carrying out coordinated attacks on prisoner officers. Police commander said the gang known as the PCC was planning to killed several guards during shift changes at the detention center in Sao Paulo suburbs.
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The French president Jacques Chirac has restated his confidence in his embattled Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. In a rare live television interview President Chirac ruled out a cabinet reshuffle despite low public approval rating of his government. He said Mr. de Villepin should be judged solely by his record. From Paris, Clive Marry reports.
President Chirac doesn't give many television interviews but he decided to step in front of the cameras amid growing calls for him to sack his prime minister. It was a confident time to animated performance, the liveliest as he appeared in public for some time. The president robustly defended Dominique de Villepin, saying he had confidence in him and the government was achieving success in meeting its goal.
I gave the government a roadmap he says. And the government took it on calmly and with success. He also insisted he wasn't a lame-duck president, making it clear the government would be active in the coming months, heading into next year's presidential election
Ukraine have won the first penalty shootout at the World Cup in Germany, they beat Switzerland 3:0 when their second round match ended goalless after extra time. Our sports correspondent Harry Peert was watching.
A match neither side wanted to lose and neither side had the skill or ambition to break the deadlock. Normal time and extra time failed to produce a goal and chances were few. Even though the stakes were for a place in the last eight of the World Cup finals. Both teams seemed happy to accept that it would end with penalty kicks, but even they were substandard, including the efforts of the Ukraine star Andriy Shevchenko, it didn’t matter, the Swiss missed three so Ukraine at their first appearance in the World Cup will meet Italy who beat Australia through a hotly disputed penalty in injury time.
And that’s the latest BBC world news.
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covert:Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown enlarge: To make larger; add to lame-duck: 无用的人, restate: To state again or in a new form rule out: 划去, 排除, 取消 substandard: Failing to meet a standard; below standard stand by: 遵守
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