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UN Secretary General acknowledged that the Sudanese Government had not yet agreed to a UN force and at present was discussing the proposal. When and if host country approval comes, it would take up to six months or more to get the force fully operational. Go

Representative of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the Confab of police chiefs of Islamic nations Kamal Seifullah al-Momeni said yesterday that occupying Islamic territories constitutes a blatant threat to the entire Muslim nations. He said at the inaugural ceremony of the conference that occupying holy Quds, Palestine and other Islamic territories are not acceptable and the OIC condemns continued occupation of Muslim lands. Go

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad in a meeting with Iran's new ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad-Reza Rauf-Sheibani today urged the need for expansion of mutual relations. Go

Chairman of Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Tuesday that Iran and Turkey have common concern about security of the region and situation in Iraq and Palestine. Go

The Israeli government noted that Defense Minister Amir Peretz has "expressed the hope that the convergence plan would be implemented as part of an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians." Addressing a conference in Jerusalem of the Movement for Quality government, Peretz said the government will make an honest and wholehearted attempt to reach a complete agreement before taking any unilateral steps. And, he added, "the sooner Israel stops ruling another people, the better." Go

The judge in the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's trial issued Hussein a not guilty plea on behalf of Hussein, the BBC had reported. Go