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Iraq
Iraqi lawmakers end their summer break this week facing urgent tasks of approving a new election law and signing off on a still-unfinished security pact with the US - key steps in laying the foundation for a lasting peace.
Lebanon
Lebanese leaders held talks in Tripoli overnight, in a bid to end sectarian violence that has plagued the city for months, politicians said on Sunday.
Iraq
Roadside bombs wounded eight people Sunday in eastern Baghdad, police said, in a sign of the ongoing security threats despite a sharp reduction of violence in the Iraqi capital.
Iraq
Kuwait's prime minister is set to make a historic visit to Iraq sometime this week, an Iraqi government official said on Sunday.
Somalia
An unidentified warship has captured 14 pirates and destroyed their boat, the fisheries minister of Puntland region said on Sunday.
Sudan
Dozens of Darfur rebels and soldiers have been killed in fierce clashes in North Darfur state, fighters from the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) said on Sunday.
Algeria
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed for closer north African counter-terrorism cooperation on Saturday, during a tour of an oil-rich region periodically hit by violence blamed on Al Qaida.
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