DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A Hamas official has confirmed that the Damascus-based leader of the militant Palestinian group has promised to deliver to captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit a letter from his

CERNOBBIO, Italy (AP) - Amr Moussa, the secretary-general of the Arab League, warned Saturday the U.S. should not withdraw took quickly from Iraq and leave the country "in chaos." "The question is, is

Away from the diplomatic niceties that dominated the quadripartite Damascus summit, it was noticeable that the meeting revealed more dilemmas than it did solutions or parallel positions. The dilemma here

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) - Sudanese forces launched ground and air attacks on two rebel bases in North Darfur on Saturday, killing an unknown number of people, insurgent groups said. Leaders from three rebel

BAGHDAD (AP) - Ex-Iraqi deputy prime minister and former Pentagon favorite, Ahmad Chalabi, escaped a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy in Baghdad, an official in his office said Saturday. Chalabi

CAIRO, (Reuters) - Twenty people were killed and 23 injured when a massive rockslide hit a crowded Cairo shanty town on Saturday, sending rocks and boulders crashing down on dozens of houses, state news

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed for democratic reform in Tunisia as she met Saturday with the president of this American ally and partner in the fight against terrorism. "We

TEHRAN, (Reuters) - Iran dismissed on Saturday a warning by France's president that the Islamic Republic was taking a dangerous gamble over its nuclear programme because one day its arch-foe Israel could

HERAT, Afghanistan, (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the offices of an Afghan provincial attorney on Saturday killing him, his son and a clerk, the provincial government said. The attack

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) - Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday. Underscoring the problems he faces, a

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Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- Iraq's National Security Adviser, Muwaffaq al-Rubayi, has revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has provided the Iraqi Government with a list of 434