SANAA (Reuters) — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Tuesday he would consider Shiite Muslim rebels’ demands to end fighting with government forces but would not change the secular political system of the Arab country.

FALLUJAH — It was midnight before the massive seven-tonne trucks arrived in Fallujah and disgorged a cargo of a hundred travel weary Iraqi police recruits, ready to assume the hardest job in the city.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — A US-backed proposal to stop Sudanese military aircraft flying over the war-ravaged western region of Darfur is technically unworkable, a top European Union soldier said on Tuesday.