World -- May 24, 2006

• 11 killed in Shiite mosque blast in Baghdad
• Al-Qaida suspect makes confession on Jordanian TV
• Afghanistan denies offering mediation between Iran, U.S.
• Asia Cooperation Dialogue conference opens in Doha
• Bush to meet British PM Blair Thursday

• Belgian FM says EU expansion should slow down
• Bush pledges to solve Iran's nuclear issue "peacefully and diplomatically"
• Bush praises Israeli PM's plan about West Bank
• Ethiopian court postpones verdict for ex-ruler Mengistu
• Italian new PM faces last parliamentary hurdle

• Israeli DM intends to evacuate illegal settlement outposts soon
• Jordan arrests al-Qaida suspect who admits killings
• New violence sweeps across Iraq
• Serbia-Montenegro president to resign after referendum
• U.S. not to withdraw troops from Iraq in near future

• U.S. Senate committee confirms Hayden as CIA chief
• UN chief talks with Sudan's president on UN peacekeeping operation
• U.S. to make new assessment of Iraq's need, Bush says
• Violence continues to undermine human rights in Iraq, UN report says