European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes monday april 162007 in the world Nigeria 21 dead in election violence by Edward Harris the associated press Lagos Nigeria Nigeria National police chief called for Calm sunday As he announced that preliminary figures showed 21 people were killed in violence during state elections meant to boost civilian Rule and stability Early results showed president Olusegun Obas Anjos ruling party winning four out of six states announced Nigeria has 36 states police inspector general Sun Day Ehin Derp told state television that a preliminary police tally showed 21 dead and 218 arrests elections Are by and Large a Competition for Power some Par ties Are bound to win and some Par ties Are bound to lose Ehin Dero said the losers should be Gallant in defeat the Vanguard newspaper said 52 people died nationwide sat urday As voters chose their state lawmakers and Gover nors in a test of the electoral system ahead of an april 21 presidential election most of saturdays deaths came in fights Between sup porters of rival political parties or during attempts to steal bal lot boxes or otherwise skew the outcome of the vote Accord ing to the local newspaper re ports previous elections have seen roughly similar Levels of violence the Campaign period saw isolated bouts of violence that left some 70 people dead human rights groups say an estimated 15000 people have died in strife since 1999 when longheld grievances erupted after elections ended 15 years of near constant and often of the Bullet riddled window of a truck is seen saturday in Lagos Nigeria after assailants shot at the vehicle As it transported election material from Abuja photos by sunday a peacekeeper killed in Darfur the associated press Nyala Sudan unidentified Darfur gunmen killed an african Union officer from Ghana and hijacked his car near the peacekeeping missions Headquarters the a said sunday the officer was alone in his vehicle when he was ambushed late saturday said a spokesman nou Eddme Mezini the ambush took place hours after us Deputy Secretary of state John Negroponte visited the a Headquarters in Al Fasher As part of a trip to Sudan to push the government to allow in troops in Darfur to reinforce the a mis Sion the dead officer was the seventh peacekeeper slain this month raising to 18 Tae number of a soldiers killed since the mis Sion deployed in 2004 to try to Stop a brutal conflict Between ethnic africans and arabs a woman casts her ballot in Lagos Pressie military Rule since its Independence from Britain in 1960 Nigeria has never seen Power handed from one elected Leader to another under Nigeria Federal system leaders in the 36 states Wield great Powers and control enormous Bud gets in Africa biggest Oil producer meaning the seats Are hotly con tested Abbas Olmert hold talks to meet next in West Bank the associated press Jerusalem israeli and palestinian leaders met sunday for the first of a series of biweekly talks addressing Day today is sues such As travel and Trade restrictions but also talking about the general outlines of Palestin Ian statehood for the first time after six years of paralysis in peacemaking it was a Good beginning palestinian negotiator Saab Ere Kat said of the two hour meeting be tween israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert and palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas the next meeting was to be held in the West Bank town of Jericho marking the first time the two leaders come together in a pales Tinian town israeli officials emphasized that the two sides did not go into the key elements of a final peace Deal such As Borders of a pales Tinian state the future of Jerusa Lem or the Fate of palestinian refugees were not going to be talking about the Core issues of the final status at this stage certainly not with the Issue of terror ism not being addressed adequately yet said israeli govern ment spokeswoman my Eisin Israel says it wont address these issues As Long As the pales Tinian Unity government fails to meet the International conditions for acceptance including explicit recognition of Israel Ere Kat said the Agenda was modest but noted that it was the first time since the collapse of peace talks in 2001 that israeli and palestinian leaders raised broader issues rather than just dealing with Day today con Cerns Eisin said sundays talks were very positive adding that the two leaders broke away from their aides and spoke one on one for More than an hour she said Israel raised concerns about rocket attacks and weapons smuggling in Gaza Eisin also said the two leaders discussed the political horizon mainly on the economic front Ere Kat said Abbas urged the israelis to do More to open fre Quentol closed Crossings the palestinians say the closures which prevent people and goods from coming in and out of Gaza have crippled their Economy Gecko sets out to help the world t should give you peace mind to know that in you 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