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Top civil servants have been grilled over fears Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction.
- Palestinians reject Israeli settlement halt
The Palestinians say they would not view any partial halt to Israeli settlements as sufficient for the relaunch of Middle East peace talks.
- Romania set for tight run-off
Final results today from last weekend's presidential election confirmed Romania would face a run-off poll.
- Hajj begins amid swine flu fears
The world's largest annual religious pilgrimage began today overshadowed by the swine flu pandemic.
- Austria wraps up Chad mission
Austria will end its participation in the UN's peacekeeping mission in Chad at the end of the year.
- Ahmadinejad in Venezuela os state visit
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas today for meeting with President Hugo Chavez.
- India, US sign clean energy deal
The US and India have signed a deal aimed at promoting the development of technology that will produce cleaner forms of energy.
- 26 wounded in twin bombs in Iraq
Two bombs within minutes of each other exploded at a restaurant in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, wounding at least 26 people.
- AIDS deaths top 25 million
AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said in an annual report on the crisis.
