Morning News Roundup

Afghanistan

• Suicide attack wounds three policemen in Afghanistan
• Two rockets slam into Afghan capital
• Bush links U.S. safety to Iraq success

Iran

• UN body says Iran fails to meet nuclear deadline
• IAEA says Iran not stopping enrichment
• Bush: Iran must faces consequences for defiance
• Iran refuses to yield as nuclear deadline ticks by
• Pentagon sees Iran with bomb in 5 years: report

Iraq

• Iraq says ready to rule as Bush rallies Americans
• Announcement on British handover of Iraqi province 'imminent'
• 2 bombings in Baghdad kill 18 people
• Iraqi security taking over 2nd province
• Bush says U.S. in a war it will win
• Solana to meet top Iranian negotiator
  
  

Israel

• Armed man enters UK embassy car park in Tel Aviv
• Israeli police in British embassy after armed asylum seeker enters
• Gunman enters British Embassy in Israel
• Israelis withdraw from Gaza neighborhood
• Israel says room for Lebanon prisoner swap: source
• FBI arrest Israeli diplomat in Atlanta
• Peres in Rome for talks with Italian premier
  
  

Jordan

• US wheat heads to Lebanon from Jordan
• Qaeda suspect in Jordan refuses court-appointed lawyer
• Annan expands Lebanon peace drive

Kashmir Situation

• Woman among five killed in fresh Kashmir violence

Lebanon

• Israel army chief under fire over Lebanon war
• Donor countries vow to help Lebanon rebuild
• Lebanese PM: Aid won't go to Hezbollah
• Annan prods Israel to lift Lebanon siege
• US wheat heads to Lebanon from Jordan
• France to send 1st contingent for new UN force in Lebanon
  
• Siniora: Idea that aid money will go to Hizbullah – unrealistic
  
• Saniora: '15 years of development has disappeared'
  
  
  

Pakistan

• Pakistan army sights body of slain Baluch rebel leader
• Pakistanis find tribal leader in a cave
• Over a dozen trapped in Pakistan hotel collapse

Palestinian Situation

Ruin, despair in Gaza neighborhood after Israeli incursion

Philippines

• Philippines soldiers discover mass grave

Sudan

• U.N. passes Darfur measure, with a catch
• Security Council approves deployment of UN troops in Darfur
• UN votes for control over Darfur peacekeepers
• Southern Sudanese wonder if nation can remain united

Syria

• UN chief in Syria, blasts Israel over cluster bombs
• Annan to press Jordan and Syria on truce
• Syria, Venezuela against 'imperialism'
• Italian PM: Assad promised to implement Resolution 1701
  

Terrorism

• Bush says U.S. in 'ideological struggle'
• Poll: One-third of U.S. fears new attack
• Burns says terrorists drive taxis by day
• Bangladesh death sentences upheld for Islamic militants
• Experts fear Africa next big stage for Al Qaeda