BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- An international journalists' group Wednesday called for the Iraqi government to investigate the killings of three journalists in two days.

ALGIERS, Algeria, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Algerian President Abdul Aziz Bouteflika has received a Special Olympics award for his care to the mentally challenged, it was announced Sunday.

AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The Iraqi embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, said Sunday a new Iraqi ambassador has taken up his post in the kingdom.

WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- Pakistan said Tuesday an al-Qaida fugitive killed in a recent military operation was not the terror network's intelligence chief.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 29 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida's intelligence chief has been killed in a battle with Pakistani troops near the Afghan border, Pakistan said Monday.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A plan to have Israeli President Moshe Katsav address the Palestinian Legislative Council and launch an expanded cease-fire was announced Monday. Katsav was exp