Seven killed in suicide attack on Iraq army base
BAGHDAD. Suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm an army base in Baghdad yesterday, killing at least seven people and wounding 22 less than a week after Washington declared US combat operations in Iraq over, officials said.

Mozambique riots: Police on high alert
MAPUTO. Mozambique police were on high alert yesterday on reports fresh protests over soaring bread prices might erupt in the capital following demonstrations last week that left 10 dead and hundreds injured.

SA unions delay pay offer verdict
JOHANNESBURG. UNIONS representing South Afri-can State workers are expected today to announce whether or not they will accept a government wage offer they previously rejected and end a strike by 1, 3 million workers.

Israel’s position remains unchanged: Netanyahu
JERUSALEM. ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel’s position on a unilateral settlement construction freeze, set to end on September 26, "remains unchanged."