Suicide bomber kills 25 in Iraq * BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber in a car laden with explosives sped toward a group of police recruits in an Iraqi provincial town yesterday, exploding and killing 25 people, police and witnesses said.

Sudan tightens grip on Darfur camp * KHARTOUM - Sudan boosted forces outside a volatile camp for displaced people in Darfur yesterday, sparking fears of new armed clashes as residents prepared to bury dozens of dead from fighting a day earlier.

Opium cultivation drops in Afghanistan * KABUL - Drought and anti-drug campaigns helped slash Afghanistan's opium poppy cultivation by 19 per cent this year compared to 2007, but the country is still far and away the world's leading source of the heroin-producing crop, the United Nations said yesterday.

British arrest man in plot to kill PM * LONDON - British counter terrorism police arrested a 25-year-old man yesterday during an investigation into threats to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Britain's Press Association reported.

N Korea to suspend disablement * SEOUL - North Korea said yesterday it will stop disabling its nuclear facilities and consider restoring the Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs, accusing the United States of violating a disarmament deal.

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