In Brief

* UNREST – Gunmen in 10 army-type vehicles shot dead a Sunni Arab tribal chief and four of his sons in a pre-dawn raid in Baghdad while two officials died in other attacks in the Iraqi capital, police said.

* REJECTED – Iran’s parliament dealt a fresh blow to hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by rejecting his third nominee for the crucial post of oil minister. * DIPLOMACY – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani wrapped up a landmark visit to neighbouring Iran, saying he had won promises of support for his bid to end the insurgency ravaging his country.* WOUNDED – Six young Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire during a military incursion into the volatile northern West Bank city of Jenin, medical sources and witnesses said.* DRUGS – Singapore was accused of hypocrisy over the imminent execution of a young Australian drug smuggler, as critics alleged the island state was backing one of the world’s biggest heroin traffickers – Myanmar.* POSITIVE – A 15-year-old boy in Vietnam’s northern port city of Haiphong has tested positive for the H5 bird flu virus, a health ministry official said.* ARRESTED – Indonesian police have arrested three men suspected of involvement in the 2004 bombing of the Australian embassy here and of links to a top al Qaeda-linked terrorist suspect, police and a report said.- Nampa-AFP* DIPLOMACY – Iraqi President Jalal Talabani wrapped up a landmark visit to neighbouring Iran, saying he had won promises of support for his bid to end the insurgency ravaging his country.* WOUNDED – Six young Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire during a military incursion into the volatile northern West Bank city of Jenin, medical sources and witnesses said.* DRUGS – Singapore was accused of hypocrisy over the imminent execution of a young Australian drug smuggler, as critics alleged the island state was backing one of the world’s biggest heroin traffickers – Myanmar.* POSITIVE – A 15-year-old boy in Vietnam’s northern port city of Haiphong has tested positive for the H5 bird flu virus, a health ministry official said.* ARRESTED – Indonesian police have arrested three men suspected of involvement in the 2004 bombing of the Australian embassy here and of links to a top al Qaeda-linked terrorist suspect, police and a report said.- Nampa-AFP