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VATICAANSTAD - pope Benedictus XVI will meet later this year religious LEADERS and scientists from the Islamic world. That the vaticaan has announced Wednesday. The meeting will take place around a forum meeting of catholic and Islamic scientists in Rome, of 4 up to 6 November. The vaticaan calls the announced papal audience ‘ historical ‘ and hopes on improvement in the relations with moderate Moslems. Those deteriorated by a speech of the pope in 2006, in which he quoted a medieval citaat concerning Islam and violence. Previous year wrote to 138 Islamic scientists and intellectuals a letter to the pope to convene to cooperation on the basis of a common belief in one god. Afgezanten of that group have held for two days conversations in the vaticaan, under others with cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Council for interreligieuze dialogue of the vaticaan, to prepare the audience.

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton do not exclude Barack Obama as its future vice-president. That said during the ‘ Early show ‘ them on CBS. Clinton feel themselves strengthened by its victory in the voorverkiezingen of Texas and ohio. television sender CBS asked during the ‘ Early show ‘ to Clinton or they with Obama the elections of November in would go. It could that make for we there on, but we must of course firstly stipulate who there at the top comes stand on the election note. The population of Ohio has pronounced himself obvious in my preference, said them. The voorverkiezingen of Tuesday have brought still no decision in the democratic kandidatuur. Clinton won in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, and broke through with that the triumph range of Obama, which had been possible eleven since the voorverkiezingen of super Tuesday on 5 February, win states on file. Obama won Tuesday in, however, in Vermont and by the proportional molar system he has still most of the delegates.

KIEV/Moscow - the Russian gasbedrijf Gazprom has reached an agreement with oekraïne concerning the dragging on dispuut concerning debts and the supplies to the country will resume. According to press agency Bloomberg the agreement was closed telephonically between the Russian president Vladimir Poetin, is oekraïense ambtsgenoot Victor Joesjtsjenko and the top of Gazprom and Naftogaz, the Oekraïnse gasbedrijf. Concerning the contents of the akoord still nothing has been confessed. Dragging on conflict Gazprom and Naftogaz had been a dragging on involved in conflict concerning standing debts and supply contracts. Gazprom required that oekraïne a standing debt of 395 millions would recognise euro, but the president of oekraïne, Viktor Joesjtsjenko thinks, that the debts have been regulated with an agreement which he in February with its Russian colleague Vladimir Poetin closed. According to Gazprom says however that the payments do not concern only the gasleveranties of 2007, which of for that.

The conflict escalated and Gazprom turned off the tap to oekraïne Monday already for eenderde. Tuesday evening intensified it the conflict further by reducing the gastoevoer with still the a quarter. Dreigement for Europe Aardgas of Gazprom that is intended for west-Europa, is partly provided by means of pipelines which run concerning oekraïens territory, as a result of which the oekraïense authorities can turn off at discretion the taps to reduce the export to west-Europa or stop. And that dreigement was today also hauled up. Adoptive must become that the gas that west-Europa is not locked reached by oekraïne to the oekraïense consumer and that it will draw off therefore in fact

THE UCI threaten cyclers suspend if they take part in Parijs-Nice. They can get a suspension of six months and a heavy fine and moreover can them not in the WK take part. The cyclers got about this a letter. At this moment the game will be organised entirely outside the lawful framework of the UCI. ASO is the regulations rather lost, because it wants put the situation to its hand, says Uci-boss to stalemate McQuaid.

The European Cycling Federations met this weekend to discuss the question and were decided there at the French association to insist to let take place Parijs-Nice under the rules of the UCI. Meanwhile ASO (Amaury sport Organisation) has reached an agreement with the wielerteams concerning their participation to Parijs-Nice. ASO accepted the adaptations requested by the teams in the contract which them were presented.

 in spite of the new vn-resolution and in this the announced stricter sanctions iran will continue its atom programme. “the youngest vn-resolutie the Iranian atom programme for peaceful aims influence”, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in teheran, Mohammed Ali Hosseini. faith basis At the international atom agency IAEA in Vienna the attempts of the Europeans failed and the united states busy on teheran with an additional resolution raise. Not only Russia, also the movement of niet-gebonden land (more than 100 members) judged that the “faith basis” does not have be undermined necessary for cooperation. The UN Security Council had yesterday the sanctions against iran with 14 votes, them also Russia and China, adopted. Indonesia had only remembered himself at the poll. The Council had condemned teheran because of its negative a substantial part of its atom programme, among which the enrichment of uranium, stopper to put. The resolution foresees among other things additional travel restrictions for Iranian core physicists, but also economic sanctions. She will become effective however just after 90 days. Concluded Hosseini called the decision “policy motivated and hostile”. In Vienna explained Iranian Vn-ambassadeur the Ali Asghar Soltanieh that teheran the research of its atoomprgramma by the IAEA as “concluded” considers. Iran will react “in due time” to the vn-resolutie. The country wants continue cooperate according to Soltanieh anyway with the IAEA.

 WASHINGTON - in the race to the white house both today voorverkiezingen in four states keep the republicans and the democrats. At the republicans John McCain most likely the requirement will get 1193 delegates behind its name and this way the nominatie officially in the guard to drag. At the democrats again a tense fight promises it become. The chance which the official candidate is confessed, is also now small. Both the democratic and republican voters draw Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island to the poll in the states. The new round voorverkiezingen started Belgian time in the northeast Vermont at eleven o’clock and close Wednesday at three o’clock in the morning Belgian time in the Southern Texas.

At the Grand Ole party senator John McCain can insure himself of a majority on the partijconventie that will designate the republican candidate for the white house. He has now 1,047 and comes there still 144 too short for mathematically certain be of the republican ticket. In Texas are win there 137 delegates, 85 in Ohio, 17 for Rhode Island and 17 in Vermont for the republicans. At the democrats the result with more tension is waited. The black senator Barack Obama has delegates now 1,378 compared with 1269 for Clinton.

Both senators, who have attacked these last days each other sometimes very, have not been removed far of 2,025 the delegates who necessary are on the conventie the democratic get hold of ticket. Of the other side that magical border is not also very close. Obama the younger has won eleven voorverkiezingen all and the former president woman has put everything on everything in Texas and Ohio, where respectively 228 and 161 delegates be to pick up. A lot of observers go of it from that the race for Clinton past are if she does not win in Texas and Ohio. If there tomorrow morning no winner comes from the bus then follows on 22 April still an important voorverkiezing in Pennsylvania.

Roger Federer have been eliminated in the first round of Atp-tornooi in Dubai (United $arab Emirateses, 938,000 euro). Swiss number one of the world lost the person whose birthday it isperson whose birthday it is person whose birthday it is with 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-4 of Andy Murray (ATP 11). the 20 person whose birthday it is briton had permit absolutely no breakpunt in 1u.4 the lasting duel. It had been already suffered of the summer of 2004 that Federer in the first round of tornooi were eliminated.

Then he had cross one’s fingers in Cincinnati to lay for the Slovak the Dominik Hrbaty. Almost a year ago he lost against the Argentinian Guillermo Canas also its opening game in Indian Wells, where he was exempted as a first range head in the first round. Federer were first range head and titelverdediger in Dubai. He won the tornooi in 2003.,2004.,2005 and 2007 and was there in 2006 finalist.

 the American popdiva madonna (49) with its spouse Guy Ritchie (39) a café in London has taken over. The pub ‘ The Punch bowl ‘ belonged ever to for the Freddie Foreman. The pub was former already a verzamelplaats for well-known people. Thus came already Pacino, Barbra Streisand and Robert the Niro already concerning the floor, reported there the British Sunday newspaper News or the World. Madonna and its man, who has already an ample house in London, will have counted out according to reports an amount for the now already legendary café.

LONDON - the price for a barrel oil has again reached Monday recordprijs. In New York 103.95 dollar was reached for a barrel, in London a barrel Brent went for the first time above the 102 dollars (102.29 dollar). Reason is the cheap dollar, as a result of which convenes in oil cheaper becomes. Moreover the lack of stability on grants ensures that beleggers pilot their money to a safe port: particularly the raw materials. And these yielded the countries of the opec meet concerning their production level. Also that ensures speculation.

STUTTGART - the supervision Council of the German autoconstructeur Porsche has slightly put it on greenness to realise (VW) a majority importance in car builder Volkswagen. The Council approved an increase of the number of shares. That Porsche have announced monday afternoon.

The German car producer Stuttgart raise its importance in VW of 31 per cent up to more than 50 per cent. In spite of the increase of the number of shares a fusion between both car producers has been not yet planned.