WASHINGTON (AFP) — An internal debate is under way in the administration of US President George W. Bush on whether the current diplomatic approach towards Iran has any hope of halting the country’s nuclear programme, The New York Times reported on its website Friday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — The decomposed bodies of at least 13 martial arts experts have been found more than a year after they were kidnapped in an Al Qaeda stronghold west of Baghdad, local officials and family members said on Saturday.

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Hamas has pledged in the wake of its bloody seizure of the Gaza Strip to work to free BBC reporter Alan Johnston, snatched by gunmen more than three months ago in the volatile territory.