U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan warns escalating violence in Iraq may impact the world body's decision to return U-N staff to the country.
Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali has arrived in Laos on the first leg of a four-nation Asian tour.
Malaysia's prime minister tells delegates to the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Kuala Lumpur that the situations in Iraq and the Palestinian territories are "extremely alarming."
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