Pak troops pull out from roadblocks after peace deal with tribals

Hundreds of army troops were withdrawing from posts in a tribal region where it's believed Osama bin Laden may be hiding, as an intelligence official said Islamic militants and the government were close to unveiling a peace deal.

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Lebanon rejects Israeli calls for peace talks

 Italian soldiers moved into southern Lebanon in trucks and armoured vehicles as the first big wave of international peacekeepers took up positions to monitor a shaky truce between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Lebanese officials scoffed at an Israeli call for peace talks .

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Capture of Iraq's al-Qaeda deputy 'severely wounds' organisation

Iraq said on Sunday it had arrested the country's second most senior figure in al Qaeda, "severely wounding" an organisation the U.S. military says is spreading sectarian violence that could bring civil war.

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