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Pakistan's presidents' will go live on television to explain the new nationwide crackdown on suspected Islamist extremists.

India has hailed a nuclear co-operation deal with the United States, seen as a major shift in Washington's policy.

According to a report, nearly 25,000 civilians have died in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March 2003.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to hold talks with US President George W Bush on the opening day of a landmark visit to the country.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will "do his utmost" to stop Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Jewish communities.

A fuel truck bomb killed 98 people south of Baghdad and three more suicide car bombers hit the Iraqi capital on Sunday in a devastating new campaign.

Clashes in Gaza between Palestinian Authority security forces and members of the Hamas militant organisation have killed two bystanders and injured 20.

Suicide bombings struck Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 23 and wounding dozens more in three attacks on an army recruiting center, a police convoy and civilians.

Suspected Taliban gunmen ambushed an Afghani government border patrol in the desert near the frontier with Pakistan, killing 10 soldiers and beheading their bodies.

The new Somali president has returned home from exile in Kenya, hoping to set up the lawless country's first effective authority for 14 years.