European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes june 2007 in the world minister Iran has 220 pounds of uranium Iran Iran has produced More than 220 pounds of enriched the country Interior minister was quoted Friday As saying about the process that can make fuel for civilian Energy or Fis Sile material for a the sem official Isna news Agency carried comments by Mostafa the Interior who said that Iran now has hooked up centrifuges actively enriching in a Diplomat familiar with Iran enrichment activities said the Interior minister appeared to be talking about Over the past two years that Iran has produced As part of its experiments with uranium its nothing new or he eur leaders meet to work on treaty Compromise Belgium German Chancellor Angela press ing european Union leaders to agree to the outline of a new treaty for the tried on Friday to overcome polish president Lech Kacyn skis Adamant opposition to new voting rules that he fears will diminish his country on the second Day of an eur Merkel also met with British prime minister Tony Blair and the leaders of the Netherlands and the czech Republic in an Effort to Bridge deep divisions of the proposed re draft of the blocs unsuccessful which she wants to re place with a new treaty by muslims continue to protest Rushdie Knighthood Iran a High level iranian cleric said Friday that the religious edict calling for the killing of Salman Rushdie cannot be re and he warned Britain was defying the islamic world by Grant ing the author his comments came As about people rallied in several Paki Stani cities on calling for Rushdie to be killed and for a Boycott of Trade with in India Muslim majority Kashmir a strike Over Rushdie Honor closed most offices and schools in the summer sri Mufti Mohammad head of Kashmir islamic said Rushdie was liable to be killed for rendering the gravest injury to the sentiments of the muslims across the russian probes tycoons ties to poisoned spy Moscow russian investigators Are looking into allegations that self exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky could have been involved in the poisoning death in London of sex Kab agent Alexander a top la enforcement official said Alexander newly appointed head of the National investigation criticized Britain Scotland Yard for focusing on one suspect and ignoring other possible the Ita Tass and inter fax news agencies academics protest new French ministry Paris 200 artists and some at universities in the United Britain or have signed a petition pro testing at Frances new ministry of immigration and National they Are demanding the ministry name which they say sends a signal immigration is a problem be changed and its extensive pow ers president Nicolas Sarkozy announced during his Campaign for the presidency if he would create a ministry to oversee both immigration and National drawing a storm of National identity became a theme of the Campaign As Sarkozy sought successfully to woo far right from the associated press negotiator optimistic on Korea closing nuclear reactor the associated press South Korea North Korea is snowing that it is ready to shut Down its nuclear the top negotiator said adding to optimism that the communist government is intent on Ful filling its disarmament the today trip by assistant Secretary of state Christopher Hill to North Korea his first to the country came after the stalled disarmament process began moving again once a Bank ing dispute Between the United states and North Korea was re the North invited nuclear inspectors Over the weekend in a first step toward meeting its obligations under an International Accord reached in the Deal Calls for North Korea to shut its reactor in Yon Byon that produces the key ingredient in nuclear to Ward its eventual in Exchange for economic Aid and political conces North Korea had ignored an april deadline to close the i come away from this today set of meetings buoyed by a sense that we Are going to be Able to achieve our full that is com plete Hill said in he said the North Kore ans indicated that they Are pre pared promptly to shut Down the Yon Byon facility As called for in the february citing increased Germany tightens Security Neucom says its Force Protection Levels unchanged by David Mchugh the associated press Berlin the threat of a terrorist attack against germans in Afghanistan or even suicide bombings in Germany appears to be on the Rise in recent officials said German officials compared the current situation to that before the attacks in the United citing a mosaic of clues and previous German officials have said they have increased Security around military bases in and the embassy has advised citizens to exercise added Holly a Neucom said late Friday that military interests in Germany had not increased our Force she said that the embassy had not is sued any new alerts since and that reports about German officials urging caution were not Treyve advised us to urge caution for the past three or four Silkman three German islamic Radi believed to be part of a group of 10 people trained to carry out suicide were arrested in said Joerg head of the Federal crime the German equivalent of the he said the suspects were Young germans who had converted to a pakistani official said one was there Are indications that terrorist structures in the Region of Afghanistan and Pakistan have gained strength and Are capable of Christia Guenter an Interior ministry said at a news Confer we have information that persons from from Ger Are involved in these Struc a senior pakistani government official said two germans and a kazakh were recently arrested near the iranian Border on suspicion of involvement in the government of Pakistan has already shared its investigation with and of these men were suspected terror the official said on condition of we got some use Ful information from the the official Sachs said the situation is reminiscent of the Early summer of there Are increasing pieces of our own Servic from Friendly indications from the Pakistan Afghani Stan Region which permit conclusions that the danger As i have also Laid is High for Ger Man he there is also a dangerous for example from suicide in the direction of Security authorities Are at an in creased state of he Siercke cited a video apparently showing a Taliban graduation ceremony for broadcast by Abc news this that contained threats against the Britain and he said that was a new Quality of threat and said Border controls had been stars and stripes reporter Nancy Montgomery contributed to this Mideast peacemakers to meet in Jerusalem to discuss Gaza by Amy Teibel the associated press Jerusalem representatives of the quartet of Mideast peacemakers will hold talks tues Day in Jerusalem for the first time since islamic militants seized control of the Gaza and israeli officials said the meeting will come a Day after egyptian and jordanian leaders get to Gether in the egyptian red sea re sort of Sharm Elsheikh to discuss prospects for resuming peace talks that have been effectively stalled for seven efforts to restart the peace pro Cess have been complicated by the emergence of a two headed Palestine ruled by the Irani a backed Hamas in Gaza and the Western backed Fatah in the West but moderate regional leaders were Quick to use this develop ment to try to promote peacemaking Between Israel and moderate palestinians in the West led by palestinian president Mah Moud Abbas of immediately after Hamas routed Fatah led Security forces in Abbas expelled Hamas from its governing coalition with Muhammet palestinian president Mahmoud is surrounded by officials and guards As he attends Friday prayers at a mosque adjacent to his Headquarters in the West Bank City of Ramallal on Fatah and installed a new govern ment of in confirming the quartet meet israeli government spokes woman my Eisin said it will be of Low level a higher level meeting of officials from the United the european Russia and the United nations was to have taken place monday in but that session was delayed to give quartet officials time to assess changes in the re Gion following Hamas violent takeover of Gaza last a spokesman in Jerusa Brenden said the officials gathering in Jerusalem on tuesday would be comparing