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Australian PM visits troops in Iraq

Australian Prime Minister Paul Rudd paid a surprise visit to Baghdad Friday, and vowed again that his country's troops in Iraq will be withdrawn by mid-2008.

Israel set to relax prisoner policy

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Three die in Egypt building collapse

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Bush sees 3-way fight against PKK

US, Turkish and Iraqi leaders all held talks Monday about Kurdish rebels using northern Iraq as a launchpad for cross-border attacks into Turkey.

Turkish planes hit Iraqi Kurdish villages

Turkish aircraft bombed two Kurdish villages inside northern Iraq on Wednesday, a spokesman for Iraqi Kurdish regional security forces said.

Insurgent 'medical facility' found

Troops in Iraq have found a "medical facility" next to the torture complex discovered last week near the Diyala province city of Muqdadiya, according to the top US general in Iraq.

Iranian Jews slam 'emigrant stunt'

The well-publicized landing of 40 Iranian Jews in Israel on Tuesday spurred glee among some Israelis and the immigrants themselves and drew public scorn from a surprising quarter in Iran -- two officials from its centuries-old Jewish community.

U.S.-led forces target militants

US-led coalition forces killed an estimated 11 "terrorists" early Thursday, during operations targeting criminal networks in southeastern Iraq, a statement from Multi-National Force - Iraq said.