IRAQ decided today to await a complete translation of the amended draft of a military pact to govern the presence of US troops in the country after 2008 before making a final decision on it
PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas launched a bitter attack on the Islamist Hamas movement which controls Gaza today as a divided nation marked the fourth anniversary of historic leader Yasser Arafat`s death
DUBAI`S Emirates airline says its net profit for the first half of the financial year dropped a dramatic 88 per cent to $US77 million ($112.5 million) because of high oil prices
A 13-YEAR-OLD girl blew herself up at a checkpoint in central Iraq overnight, killing four Sunni guards and wounding at least 15 civilians, a military and a medical official said
AT least 28 people were killed, including women and schoolgirls, and dozens wounded in a double bombing in a Baghdad market overnight, the deadliest attack to rock the Iraqi capital in months, security officials said
OUTGOING Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today Israel must give up most of the Palestinian territories it has occupied since 1967, including east Jerusalem, if it wants peace
IRAQ`S cabinet is expected to meet in Baghdad today to discuss a military accord governing the presence of American troops in Iraq beyond this year, a minister said on Monday
