Baghdad - Iraq received on Thursday Washington's reply on the security agreement that will regulate the future of US forces in Iraq, the Iraqi government spokesperson said.
Ali al-Dabbagh, however did not say if the US had accepted the Iraqi amendments or not, al-Arabiya TV channel said.
Tel Aviv - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice landed in Israel Thursday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders ahead of Sunday's meeting in Egypt of international sponsors of the current Middle East peace negotiations.
She is scheduled to meet Caretaker Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv in the afternoon and head to the nearby coastal town of Herzliya Pituah for talks and dinner with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni at the residence of US ambassador James Cunningham in the evening, an embassy spokesman said.
Islamabad- An explosion ripped through a meeting of pro-government tribesmen in Pakistan's remote region along the Afghan border on Thursday, leaving at least eight people dead and more than 45 others injured, locals said.
The blast took place when around 200 people from the Salarzai tribe were holding a meeting in Batmale village, some 50 kilometres from Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal district, to plan action against Taliban militants.
Thimpu, Bhutan - In his time as crown prince of the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, he was known as "Prince Charming." Before his coronation on Thursday at the age of 28 in the Bhutanese capital Thimpu, he was described by newspapers in neighbouring India as "the most eligible bachelor in South Asia."
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is now, however, unequivocably "the Dragon King," the fifth monarch of reunited Bhutan, and the world's youngest head of state.
Gaza - The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement said Thursday that any extension of the nearly-five-month-old truce in the Gaza Strip depended on the level of commitment Israel showed to it.
The Egyptian-mediated truce, which came into being on June 19, has been battered in recent days by an Israeli raid to destroy a tunnel being built under the Gaza border, and subsequent militant rocket attacks from the salient.
Baghdad - Iraq received on Thursday Washington's reply on the security agreement that will regulate the future of US forces in Iraq, the Iraqi government spokesperson said.
Tel Aviv - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice landed in Israel Thursday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders ahead of Sunday's meeting in Egypt of international sponsors of the current Middle East peace negotiations.
Islamabad- An explosion ripped through a meeting of pro-government tribesmen in Pakistan's remote region along the Afghan border on Thursday, leaving at least eight people dead and more than 45 others injured, locals said.
Thimpu, Bhutan - In his time as crown prince of the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, he was known as "Prince Charming." Before his coronation on Thursday at the age of 28 in the Bhutanese capital Thimpu, he was described by newspapers in neighbouring India as "the most eligible bachelor in South Asia."
Baghdad- British Minister for International Development Dougl
Gaza - The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement said Thursday that any extension of the nearly-five-month-old truce in the Gaza Strip depended on the level of commitment Israel showed to it.
