10 METRO Monday, September 21, 2009 D METROWorld High jump: A man in traditional clothes jumps during a parade at Munichs Oktoberfest yesterday. Millions of drinkers are set to indulge in the famous beer festival, now in its 176th year Picture: Reuters Germany: Detectives yesterday confirmed that 12 people who were taking part in a group therapy session had been poisoned, with two of them dying. Another of those involved remains in a coma in hospital. Their doctor has been arrested. The police said that all the participants in the session were taken to a hospital in Berlin on Saturday night after one of them was able to call the emergency services. It is not yet clear how the group came to take the poison or what kind of substance was involved. Police said yesterday the doctor who led the session was detained and that a homicide division had been called in to investigate the case. Japan: A bear injured nine tourists who were resting at a roadside stop in central Japan before it was shot dead in a souvenir shop. The black bear seriously injured four men in Nyukawa, a small mountain town about 230km west of Tokyo. The 1.3m (4ft) tall bear first attacked people at a bus parking lot and entered a lodge where it was trapped in a souvenir shop. It was then shot dead by a hunter. Injuries inflicted in the attack, which lasted about an hour, were not life-threatening. A photograph from the scene showed the bear mauling a person lying down in the car park while a man attempted to scare it off. Bear attacks are rare in the area. Israel: US president Barack Obama is to meet with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas tomorrow to lay the groundwork for renewed negotiations for peace in the Middle East. The main disputes are over Israeli settlements in the West Bank and whether peace talks should begin where they left off under Mr Netanyahus predecessors. Mr Abbas (pictured) is locked in a power struggle with Islamic group Hamas, which overran the Gaza Strip in 2007, leaving him in control of the West Bank. Germany: A husband told his wife to reverse the family car off a ferry after a row over whether it would fit on board. But Juergen Hahn watched as the car plunged 20ft into the water with his wife, two children and dog inside. The skipper of the Main River ferry in Muhlheim had removed the ramp and set sail for the other side. The cars occupants managed to swim ashore. pakIstan: A Taliban commander known for beheading opponents died in custody yesterday from wounds sustained during a fierce fire-fight with Pakistani security forces. Sher Muhammad Qasab, whose name means butcher, died after being critically wounded in a gun battle in Swat Valley. The arrest of Qasab, who had a $121,000 (82,000) bounty on his head, was the third from the armys list of ten most-wanted Swat militants. Qasab (pictured) allegedly decapitated many Pakistani troops in Swat when the Taliban was in control. Baby Golfina Turtles make their way to the sea after being released at Los Pinos beach in El Salvador as part of a preservation programme on the Salvadorean coast Picture: AFP getting their sea legsTHREE men arrested by the FBI on Saturday are believed to have been plotting a terrorist attack on US soil. But there was no information on the whereabouts or timing of any planned attack, Washington officials said yes- terday. The FBI charged 24-year-old Na- jibullah Zazi after three days of ques- tioning. The Afghan man who is a permanent US resident living in Den- ver, Colorado, was arrested on charges of making false statements to federal agents. His father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, 53, was also arrested, as well as an as- sociate, Ahmad Wais Afzali, 37, of Queens, NewYork. Both were charged with making false statements to fed- eral agents. Court appearances for all three men were set for today. FBi arrests three men in terror plotBy ivan morEno Suspect admitted al-Qaeda training Zazi has repeatedly denied to report- ers he has any connection to al-Qaeda or to a purported terrorist plot. But in- vestigators said Zazi admitted to FBI agents last week that in 2008 he re- ceived weapons and explosives train- ing from al-Qaeda in Pakistan. The terror investigation into the men gathered momentum after Zazi rented a car and drove from Denver to New York, crossing into Manhattan on September 10. Zazi said he went to New York to resolve some issues with a coffee cart he owns in Manhattan, then flew home to Denver. The FBI searched three apartments the next day and questioned residents in the Queens neighbourhood where Zazi stayed. A search of Zazis rental car in New York turned up a laptop computer containing an image of nine pages of handwritten notes that in- cluded instructions on how to build explosives. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html