ALGIERS (Reuters) — Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will decide soon whether or not to extend a six-month amnesty expiring on Monday for Islamist rebels who have fought for years to overthrow the government, state radio reported.

BAGHDAD — Starved of entertainment in their violence-racked city, many Baghdad residents are turning to food as one of their few remaining pleasures, and paying the price as they pile on the pounds.

The United States administration officially named former retired NATO commander Joseph W. Ralston as the U.S. Envoy to coordinate efforts to fight the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).