UN raps Iran over nuclear stance (BBC)
The UN nuclear watchdog says Iran has failed to co-operate fully with an inquiry into its nuclear activities.
US Saudi hostage ultimatum looms (BBC)
Saudi police search for a US hostage whose captors say will be killed if jailed al-Qaeda prisoners are not freed.
Top general heads Iraq jail probe (BBC)
The US army has appointed a senior general to oversee the inquiry into prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison.
Arafat offers refugee guarantee (BBC)
The Palestinian leader says any future peace agreement should preserve the Jewish character of the Israeli state.
Israel opens bids for Gaza moat (BBC)
Israel's defence ministry has put in motion a plan to build a moat on Gaza's border with Egypt.
9/11 probe clears Saudi Arabia (BBC)
The US enquiry into the 11 September attacks finds no evidence al-Qaeda was funded by Saudi officials.
Al-Qaeda 'targeted 10 US sites' (BBC)
Al-Qaeda had originally planned to crash as many as 10 hijacked aircraft in the US, a US inquiry says.
Moroccan wins literary prize (BBC)
Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun wins the world's biggest prize for a novel in English.
US soldier on Iraq murder charge (BBC)
The US army is to bring murder charges against a soldier accused of shooting an Iraqi man injured in a car chase.
UN says Iraq still too dangerous (BBC)
Kofi Annan says it is still too dangerous for the UN to return to Iraq, after a week of deadly bomb blasts.
Probe rules out Iraq-9/11 links (BBC)
There is no evidence Iraq helped al-Qaeda carry out the 11 September attacks, a US inquiry finds.
Huge bomb targets Iraqi recruits (BBC)
Car bombs kill at least 35 people at a Baghdad recruiting centre and six near the town of Balad.
Hungarian 'hero' killed in Iraq (BBC)
Hungarian defence minister Ferenc Juhasz says a soldier killed in an explosion in Iraq 'died a hero's death'.
Bulldozers begin Ariel barrier (BBC)
Israel begins building the most controversial section of its West Bank barrier - around the Ariel settlement.
Family plea for US hostage's life (BBC)
The family of Paul Johnson appeals on US television to his captors in Saudi Arabia to set him free.
Islamic states rally to new Iraq (BBC)
Muslim ministers in Turkey vow to assist Iraq's interim leaders as well as renewing support for the Palestinians.
Jordan jails 'al-Qaeda militants' (BBC)
A court sentences nine men to 15 years in jail for conspiring to carry out terror acts and belonging to al-Qaeda.
Algeria defends editor's jailing (BBC)
The government denies trying to silence the media with the jailing of a newspaper editor critical of the authorities.
