Ahmadinejad, in an interview with Turkey's NTV and CNN Turk channels aired just before he arrived in Istanbul, said the West should not support Israel. "The life of this regime has come to an end," he said.
The Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying that "Opposing the Zionist regime has become a global issue today. In order to continue its life, the Zionist regime needed to continue aggression and occupation but presently it is forced to erect walls around occupied lands to survive, and this means annihilation."
Suicide bomber kills 19 in Iraq pilgrims attack
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber killed 19 people, mostly women, and wounded 75 on Thursday when she detonated an explosive vest in a crowd of pilgrims being escorted by police to a shrine south of Baghdad, police said.
The bomber struck around dusk near the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital, an area where Shi'ite pilgrims have to walk through Sunni Arab towns and villages to reach the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala.
At least one policeman was killed and three were wounded in the attack in a volatile, religiously mixed area once known to U.S. troops as the "triangle of death". More than half of those killed were women, police said.
New PRC rocket 'can reach Ashdod'
The unveiling of the new rockets was a "clear violation" of the Gaza truce reached in June, Prime Minister's Office spokesman Mark Regev told CNN.
"The cease-fire that was negotiated through Egypt was very specific that the Hamas movement and the other terrorist groups can't use it as a period to import more weapons, more explosives, more rockets into the Gaza Strip," he added.
Turkish president says more time needed for gas deal with Iran
ANKARA (AFP) — Turkey and Iran need more time to finalise a major natural gas deal, President Abdullah Gul said Saturday, playing down reports that US pressure on Turkey to abandon the project is behind the delay.
"We would have liked to move ahead with the project" when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Turkish leaders in Istanbul on Thursday and Friday, said Gul in televised remarks in the central city of Nevsehir.
"But we saw that the preparations are not yet sufficient and we instructed our energy ministries to carry out a more detailed work."
Ankara signed a preliminary deal with Tehran last year to carry natural gas from Iran and Turkmenistan to Europe and to develop three gas fields in Iran, but its intention to invest in the Islamic republic drew US criticism.
US-Libya compensation deal sealed
The US and Libya are set to renew diplomatic relations after signing a deal to compensate all victims of bombings involving the two countries.
The agreement will fully compensate victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, and of the bombing of a Berlin disco two years earlier.
It will also address Libyan claims arising from US attacks on the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and Benghazi in 1986.
The deal was signed in Tripoli by US and Libyan officials.
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The agreement does not constitute an admission of fault by either party.
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Chad sentences former president to death
N'DJAMENA, Chad - A Chadian court on Friday sentenced a former president and 11 rebels to death for crimes against the state, an official said.
Former president Hissene Habre awaited trial in Senegal for torture and murder. A Chadian commission of inquiry concluded Habre killed tens of thousands of political opponents during his eight years in power until he was ousted by rebels in 1990.
Habre has been in exile in Senegal since he was overthrown. He lives in a villa in an upscale Dakar neighborhood with his family.
Somali pirates 'seize Thai ship'
Pirates have hijacked a Thai ship off the coast of Somalia, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has said.
The IMB's piracy reporting centre told Spain's EFE news agency that the cargo ship was seized in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday with 28 people on board.
Northern Somalia is near to a major shipping route connecting the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Thousands Mourn Killed Protestors in Indian Kashmir
Tens of thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Indian administered Kashmir Saturday to mourn the death of a separatist leader. For VOA, Shanawaz Khan has this report from Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir.
Protesters traveled from Kashmir's main town Srinagar to the hometown Pampur of Sheikh Abdul Aziz who, along with 21 others, was killed by police this week in street battles.
Police kept their distance from Saturday's demonstration to avoid triggering another clash.
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Forecasters: Floridians Should Prepare for Hurricane
Tropical Storm Fay could hit Florida Keys as a hurricane, governor declares state of emergency
Residents and tourists in the Florida Keys prepared Saturday for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane and begin battering the island chain as soon as Monday.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency because Fay "threatens the state of Florida with a major disaster," he wrote in an executive order.
IMO, the governor is blowing this way out of proportion declaring an emergency while the thing is this weak (it's barely a tropical storm) and this far out. I'm in the Cone of Uncertainty, so I'll let y'all know if it turns into a cat 4 and threatens to wash me into the Gulf, 'k?
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