US detains 500 youths in Iraq * NEW YORK - The US military is holding about 500 juveniles suspected of being "unlawful enemy combatants" in detention centres in Iraq and has about 10 detained in Afghanistan, the United States has told the United Nations.

Hamas in Egypt for truce talks * RAFAH - Leaders from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas arrived in Egypt yesterday to hear Israel's response to a six-month truce offer between Palestinians in Gaza and the Jewish state.

Firefighters battle rubbish fires * NAPLES - Firefighters in Naples tackled scores of burning rubbish piles as the Italian city organised special garbage trains to Germany yesterday to alleviate its waste crisis.

11 Held over planned attacks * RABAT - Moroccan police have broken up a "terrorist network" of 11 people with links to al Qaeda that was planning attacks in Morocco and Belgium, the MAP national news agency said yesterday.

Iraq arrests al Qaeda figure * BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials said police yesterday arrested a man suspected of being a top al Qaeda in Iraq figure in the northern city of Mosul, where security forces have been carrying out an intensified crackdown to root out the terror network.

Most wanted terror suspect jailed * SAN'A, Yemen - A Yemeni-American on the FBI's Most Wanted list of terror suspects was jailed in Yemen after an appeals court upheld his 10-year prison sentence, officials said Monday.

Aus starts kangaroo killing * SYDNEY - Australian authorities have started the controversial killing of about 400 kangaroos on the outskirts of Australia's capital of Canberra, animal rights activists said yesterday.

Darfur peace talks likely to go on * KHARTOUM - The recent rebel assault near Sudan's capital was not a permanent setback for Darfur peace talks nor relations between Sudan and neighbouring Chad, the head of the African Union said.

Lebanon talks hit new snags * BEIRUT, Lebanon - Feuding Lebanese factions holding top-level crisis talks in Qatar hit new snags Monday, with the US-backed government side and the Hezbollah-led opposition disagreeing on how to go forward.

UK drinkers ignorant of alcohol * LONDON - More than three quarters of English drinkers do not know how many units are in a glass of wine, a new poll published yesterday found as the British government launched a new alcohol awareness campaign.

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