Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi travels to Jordan today(Monday), beginning a regional tour that he says will open a new page in Iraq's relations with its neighbors.
Meanwhile, officials in Iraq say a powerful explosion outside a police station in southern Baghdad has killed at least nine people and wounded nearly 60 others -- some seriously.
Singapore has officially announced that Lee Hsien Loong will assume the post of prime minister next month.
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