TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili met with Algeria’s visiting deputy foreign minister here on Tuesday.

In the run-up to the NATO summit in Bucharest next month, the Bush administration has launched an intensive diplomatic campaign to persuade our European allies to send additional combat troops to southern Afghanistan, where the Atlantic alliance has been struggling against a resurgent Taliban.  

EDMONTON — An Edmonton soldier killed in Afghanistan will be laid to rest with a military funeral in the city at the wishes of his family, his commanding officer said Monday.