TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran on Saturday urged Palestinians to stop infighting and respect election results after the Islamist Hamas-led government was dismissed following its bloody takeover of the Gaza Strip.

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.