British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he believes Iraq can assume responsibility for security in southern Basra province from British forces within two months.

Turkey’s exports in 2007 exceeded $100 billion as of September, according to Turkish Exporters Assembly (TÄ°M) figures announced yesterday during a press conference at the first parliamentary building in Ankara.

Intelligence agencies of certain regional states have launched extensive efforts to identify arsenals and military depots of the Lebanese Hezbollah group.