TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Pakistan can act as a bridge to ease tension between Iran and the West, ruling party Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his nation would resist the opposition shown by the bullying powers to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear progress.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- China says it has urged Iran to return to negotiations to resolve international concerns over its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s substitute Friday Prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Ahmad Khatami voiced satisfaction over the execution of the former Iraqi dictator, and stressed that expressing regret and mourning for Saddam is synonymous with complicity in his crimes.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the tyranny and corruption dominating the world is a result of the performance of the faithless powers.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Addressing a huge congregation of the people in Hendijan, Khuzestan province, Iranian president Ahmadinejad said that the progress of Iran has triggered the wrath and anger of the enemies of our nation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- In reaction to the Egyptian Foreign Minister’s inclination for the normalization of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Egypt, spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry said

RAMALLAH (AP) — Israeli undercover troops burst into a West Bank vegetable market Thursday afternoon, seized four men and exchanged heavy fire with Palestinian fighers in the first major raid since the Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to try to ease tensions between the sides.

SHARM EL SHEIKH (AP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak firmly condemned Israel’s raid into the West Bank on Thursday as he met with Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert in a summit aimed reviving the long-stalled peace process.

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq postponed executing two of Saddam Hussein’s henchmen Thursday amid international pressure following the ousted leader’s bungled and much criticised hanging.