European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes saturday March 24 2007 in the world n korean envoy walks out of by Bomi Lim the associated press Beijing negotiations on halting North Korea nuclear program broke Down abruptly thursday with the coun try chief envoy to the talks flying Home after a dispute Over Money Frozen in a Macau Bank could not be resolved Kim Kye Gwan left Beijing after Refus ing to take part in six party talks to push Forward a february agreement calling for North Korea to begin winding Down its nuclear programs in return for Energy Aid and political considerations Kim waved to reporters at the Airport but did not say anything China issued a statement saying the talks would take a recess but did not give a restart Date the breakdown raises doubts Over meet ing a deadline in the feb 13denucleariza Tion agreement that Calls for in inspectors to verify the closure of North Korea main nuclear reactor at Yon Byon by april 14 but the top us nuclear envoy said he was still optimistic that disarmament dead lines can be met despite the breakdown it is our Strong View that we Are still on schedule assistant Secretary of state Christopher Hill said referring to the april deadline Hill added he still expected other goals requiring Pyongyang to declare All of its nuclear programs and for fuel and economic assistance to be sent to North Korea to be met by the end of the year in Tokyo japanese prime minister Shin to Abe criticized North Korea for not being constructive its Clear there is nothing for North Korea to gain from this kind of move Abe said this kind of attitude is meaning less Abe said North Korea will be accepted by the International society Only if it takes Concrete Steps toward complying with its commitment to dismantle its nuclear pro Grams also thursday the aircraft Carrier uss Ronald Reagan arrived in South Korea for joint military exercises which North Korea called a dangerous provocation that casts a Shadow at the nuclear talks this round of talks has been dogged by troubles since it started monday with Pyongyang refusing to take part for two Days because of problems Over the Transfer of million in North korean funds Frozen since 2005 at Banco Delta Asia in Macau under pressure from the United states this round of talks started with the bad problem and ended with the bad problem japanese envoy Kenichiro Sas Esaid Banco Delta Asia was blacklisted by Washington on suspicion the funds were connected to Money laundering or counterfeiting the North boycotted the internal talks Tiona nuclear talks for More than a year Over the Issue us officials announced this week that the Money would be transferred to the North koreans saying it was up to the monetary authority of Macau a chinese territory to release me funds China had promised to resolve the Issue As quickly As possible by transferring the funds to a North korean account at the Bank of China officials said the chinese Bank held up the Transfer because of worries that the Money had been at the Center of criminal investigations the Bank of China has concerns about accepting the Money and not All the con Cerns have been assuaged chinese negotiator we Dawei said adding to the confusion Over the matter the Bank of China denied thursday that it was told to accept the Money i can Tell you that up until now we were not asked to Deal with this business i Lihui the Banks vice chairman and presi Dent told reporters in Hong Kong 3 More arrested in 05 London terror attacks London British counter terrorist police said thursday they arrested three suspects in the deadly suicide bomb attacks on the London transit sys tem in 2005 two of the men were picked up just before Board ing a plane to Pakistan no one has Ever been charged in connection with the july 7 2005 bombings which were the deadliest attack on London since world War ii the four bombers and 52 com Muters died in blasts on three subway trains and a double deck or bus and More than 700 people were injured London metropolitan police said two men Ages 23 and 30 were arrested at Manchester air port in Northwest England As they prepared to Board a flight to Pakistan the third Man 26 was detained at a House in Leeds a City in Northern England where police were searching five houses All were arrested on suspicion of committing preparing or instigating acts of terrorism and authorities said they were being taken to a Central London police station for questioning archbishop Calls for protests in Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe an outspoken zimbabwean Catholic archbishop urged his country men to fill the streets to protest an upsurge in state orchestrated violence and vowed he was will ing to Lead a Campaign of peace Ful resistance to Force president Robert Mugabe to step Down zimbabweans should abandon cowardice archbishop Pius Ncube told a gathering of clerics pro democracy activists and diplomats in Harare on thursday i am ready to stand in front we must be ready to stand even in front of blazing guns he said from the associated press four killed in somali ethiopian fighting by Mohamed Hassan the associated press Mogadishu Somalia scores of residents fled their Homes thursday during a second Day of fighting Between islamic insurgents and somali and ethiopian troops that killed four people and wounded six Deputy defense minister salad Ali Jelle told the associated press that the somali government had gathered intelligence show ing that a top Leader of the ousted insurgents Aden Hashi Ayro was recently named the head of the Al Aida cell in Somalia and has been directing the fighting Jelle said that the government had reports that Ayro was in Mogadishu counter terrorism experts be Lieve Ayro who is in his mid30s received Al Aida training in Afghanistan he has been linked by in officials to the murders of 16 people including bbl journalist Kate Peyton counter terrorism officials also believe he was involved in a plot never carried out to bring Down an ethiopian Airliner residents boarded minivans or taxis to move to safer parts of the capital or leave it altogether poorer ones carried belongings on their Heads and in plastic bags insurgents fired rocket pro Mohamed sheikh a Young somali girl sits on belongings As her family prepares to leave Mogadishu on thursday scores of residents fled their Homes during a second Day of fighting Between islamic insurgents and somali and ethiopian troops in which at least four people were killed and six wounded pulled grenades mortars and heavy machine guns govern ment troops responded with Artil Lery and machine gun fire in the Earl morning Battles in Northern and Southern parts of Mogadishu witnesses said witnesses counted four bodies in different parts of the City and or Ali bile of key Saney Hospital said his institution received six wounded hundreds of government troops were deployed to reinforce troops who fought insurgents wednesday said Fathi Mohamed Aden a clan elder who saw the fighting take place in his Northern Mogadishu neighbourhood both sides men engaged in a fierce gun Battle he said in a Southern Mogadishu neigh boyhood gunmen attacked government and ethiopian troops based at the former defense ministry building said Jamila Isaq Roble a Mother of six the fighting follows wednes Days Battles during which insurgents dragged the corpses of six soldiers four somalis and two of their ethiopian allies through the streets of Mogadishu and set the bodies on fire draw ing crowds who threw rocks and kicked the soldering remains the scene was similar to one in Mogadishu in 1993 that grabbed the worlds attention when militia men shot Down a us Black Hawk helicopter during an at tempt to capture a warlord and dragged around dead american soldiers the Clinton administration pulled out us troops and in peacekeepers soon followed suit leaving Somalia to years of anarchy Interior minister Mohamed Mohamud Guled said that the govern ment is determined to restore Law and order in Mogadishu within a week despite any resistance it meets the current administration has failed to assert control through out the country and the african Union has deployed a Small peace keeping Force to defend it amendments okd but no time out on Iran sanctions by Edith m Lederer the associated press United nations six major Powers agreed on minor amendments thursday to a new Resolution to step up pressure on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment but rejected a proposed 90day time out on All sanctions sought by South Africa acting us ambassador Alejandro Wolff said the United states also rejected Amend ments by Indonesia and Qatar calling for the Middle East to be free of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them be cause the Resolution deals Only with Iran nuclear program Wolff and French ambassador Jeanmarc de la Sablier said they hoped the in Secu Rity Council would vote on the Resolution this week its getting a Little bit harder but its still possible Wolff said the councils five vet holding permanent members the us Russia China Britain and France and Germany Are hoping for a vote saturday said one Council Diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private de la Sablier said that almost All Mem Bers of the Council accepted the approach of incrementally stepping up sanctions against Iran and the supporters were close to the moment when the wording of the Resolution would be ready for a vote