Egypt

• Egypt says Lebanon crisis revealed UN weakness
• Egypt reports new bird flu case in poultry
• Egypt confirms talks on Israeli soldier
• Talks under way for Israeli soldier held in Gaza: Mubarak

EU and member states

• Iran defiant on nuclear issue as EU offers more time
• EU gives Iran two more weeks in atomic standoff
• EU warns Turkey to ratify customs accord
• Chirac urges new talks on Palestinians
• France, Saudi agree to boost defense links
• Indian defence minister pays homage to country's WWI dead
  
• Path to Security Council over Iran may be 'unavoidable': Germany
• Cops: Drawings motivated failed bombers
• Germany train bomb suspects charged in Lebanon
• More Italian troops arrive in Lebanon
• Italian troops deploy in Lebanon
• 8 illegal migrants die near Sicily
• Italy and Netherlands handed Euro wake-up call
• Nearly 1,200 African migrants stopped
• Spain agrees to 1,100 troops for force
• Spain says Africa must do more to stop migrants

Iran

• Path to Security Council over Iran may be 'unavoidable': Germany
• Iran hails Annan visit as positive
• High-level Iraqi delegation to head for Tehran
• Annan urges peaceful end to Iran standoff
• Diplomats to meet in Berlin on Iranian nuclear crisis
• Iran tests new air defense system
• Annan tells Iran Holocaust is undeniable

Iraq

• Iraq follows Qaeda arrest with massive sweep
• Air base break-in activists tried to prevent 'war crimes in Iraq'
• Two British soldiers killed in Iraq attack
• High-level Iraqi delegation to head for Tehran
• Roadside bomb kills two British soldiers in Iraq
  
• Local al Qaeda deputy captured

Israel

• Israel PM wants dialogue with Abbas
• Olmert says West Bank pullback plan on hold
• Israel invites bids for West Bank settlement expansion
• Battered Israeli town faces postwar struggle
• Israeli PM denies prisoner swap deal
  
• Israeli minister rules out Syria talks
• Russia Vents Anger at Israel, Pulls Out of Trade Fair
• Bill submitted to force gov't into war inquiry

Jordan

• British tourist killed in Jordan shooting
• Gunman kills UK tourist in Jordan
• Gunman kills 1, wounds 6 Jordan tourists
  

Lebanon

• Qatar Airways plane lands in Beirut
• U.N. general says Israeli Lebanon pullout on track
• Qatar commits troops to Lebanon
• IDF: Qatari plane landing authorized
  
• Large Weapons Cache Uncovered in Southern Lebanon

Nigeria

• Nigerian oil delta seethes as militants are buried

North Korea

• US envoy warns NKorea against nuclear test
• U.S. envoy says N.Korea talk situation difficult
• China reconsiders frayed ties with North Korea
• NKorea opens bank accounts in Russia to dodge US sanctions
• Activity spotted at North Korea's missile site, no indication of test

Palestinian Situation

• Chirac urges new talks on Palestinians
• Israel PM wants dialogue with Abbas
• Abbas may sack Hamas cabinet this month, says aide
• Olmert says West Bank pullback plan on hold
• Sinn Fein Leader, Hamas to Meet

Pakistan

• Qatar pledges troops; Pakistan ponders
• Pakistan's Musharraf may meet Indian PM in Cuba: official
• Rebels blow up gas pipeline in southwest Pakistan
• Pakistan, U.S. navies in counter-terrorism exercise
• Pakistan gov’t, Islamic militants within 2 days of peace deal

Russia

• Gazprom to finance German-Russian pipeline with cash, assets
• Russia remembers deadly school attack
• Georgia raps Russia for S.Ossetia copter incident
• Russian police stop rally urging truth about Beslan
• Racial riots, looting hit Russian town
• Russia Vents Anger at Israel, Pulls Out of Trade Fair

Saudi Arabia

• Annan arrives in Saudi Arabia
• France, Saudi agree to boost defense links
• Annan in Saudi Arabia for talks on Lebanon ceasefire
  
• Saudi Arabia executes Iraqi for drug dealing

Serbian Situation:

• Serbs protest street named for Milosevic
• Bosnian Serb politician may get life
• Serbian president to discuss Kosovo, military cooperation on visit to US

Somalia

• Five killed as Somali govt, militia clash
• Somalia negotiators talk with Islamists
• Somalia refugees lose hope of going home
• Somali Islamists demand respect, power at peace talks

Sudan

• Sudan asks African monitors to leave Darfur
• Sudan says AU can stay in Darfur but not under UN
• Sen. Barack Obama visits Darfur refugees
• Sudan says African Union must leave
• African monitors confirm renewed fighting in Darfur

Syria

• Israeli minister rules out Syria talks
• New Lebanese oil slick soils Syrian shores
• Syria denies permit to new human rights group

Turkey

• Bomb blast in Turkish cafe kills 2
• Cafe bomb blast kills two in Turkey
• 7 Turkish soldiers killed by guerrillas
• EU warns Turkey to ratify customs accord