Iraq insists on withdrawal timetable

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s national security advisor said yesterday his country will not accept any security deal with the United States unless it contains specific dates for the withdrawal of United States-led forces.

Slovenia boat toll rises to 13 * LJUBLJANA – Police have found and identified the last body from a group who drowned last week, taking the death toll in Slovenia’s worst water disaster since its 1991 independence to 13. Blast kills two militants in Gaza- medics * GAZA – Two Palestinian militants were killed and two others were wounded yesterday in an explosion that ripped through a Hamas training camp in the central Gaza Strip, Hamas Islamists and medical officials said.A Palestinian security source said the blast appeared to have been an accident involving explosives rather than an Israeli attack.Iranian president says no war with US * KUALA LUMPUR- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel.Bomb threat grounds jet * TOKYO – A bomb threat grounded a jet with more than 200 people on board on Tuesday at an airport in northern Japan that is the gateway to this year’s Group of Eight summit, officials said.Rwandan genocide suspect arrested * BERLIN – Rwandan war crimes suspect Callixte Mbarushimana, a former UN employee wanted for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, has been arrested in Frankfurt, a prosecutor in the German city said yesterday.Kenyan finance minister quits * NAIROBI – Kenyan Finance Minister Amos Kimunya yesterday announced that he had tendered his resignation from the government over suspicion of corruption in the sale of a luxury Nairobi hotel.Blast kills two militants in Gaza- medics * GAZA – Two Palestinian militants were killed and two others were wounded yesterday in an explosion that ripped through a Hamas training camp in the central Gaza Strip, Hamas Islamists and medical officials said.A Palestinian security source said the blast appeared to have been an accident involving explosives rather than an Israeli attack. Iranian president says no war with US * KUALA LUMPUR- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel.Bomb threat grounds jet * TOKYO – A bomb threat grounded a jet with more than 200 people on board on Tuesday at an airport in northern Japan that is the gateway to this year’s Group of Eight summit, officials said. Rwandan genocide suspect arrested * BERLIN – Rwandan war crimes suspect Callixte Mbarushimana, a former UN employee wanted for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, has been arrested in Frankfurt, a prosecutor in the German city said yesterday.Kenyan finance minister quits * NAIROBI – Kenyan Finance Minister Amos Kimunya yesterday announced that he had tendered his resignation from the government over suspicion of corruption in the sale of a luxury Nairobi hotel.