BAGHDAD (Reuters) — The killings of two Americans took the monthly US death toll in Iraq on Monday to over 100 for the first time in nearly two years, just a week before elections that could cost President George W. Bush’s Republicans control of Congress.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani helicopter gunships destroyed a religious school allegedly fronting as an Al Qaeda training camp on Monday, killing up to 80 people in the country’s deadliest-ever military operation targeting suspected “terrorists”.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) — Islamists challenging the authority of Somalia’s interim government said they would not proceed with a third round of peace talks on Monday unless Ethiopian troops were withdrawn from the chaotic country.

KUWAIT (AFP) — The emir of Kuwait Monday urged MPs and the government to cooperate in fighting corruption as he opened the new term of parliament where the opposition has gained control following June elections.

ALGIERS (Reuters) — Two people were killed and 17 wounded when Algerian rebels set off truck bombs outside two police stations east of Algiers in their most elaborate attack in years, witnesses said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly one of every 25 weapons the military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing, a government audit said. Many others cannot be repaired because parts or technical manuals are lacking.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A computer game developed in Denmark is about to give high school students outside the Middle East a new window into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Global Conflicts: Palestine”, by Serious Games Interactive, will enable players to become virtual journalists moving through Israel and the Palestinian territories, where they …

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Monday said that the era of bombs has passed and that today is rather the time for reasoning, thinking and culture.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone talk on Monday night surveyed the most significant international developments, including Iran’s nuclear dossier.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Monday said that any measure taken by the US in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine will be detrimental to the country itself.