World -- January 14, 2006

• Al-Qaeda No. 2 leader's fate unclear in US airstrike
• Bush meets Merkel amid differences over Guantanamo, Iraq
• Cyprus claims world's highest success rate in kidney transplant
• Death toll from Saudi stampede rises to 363
• EU nations debate asylum and immigration

• EU troika, Russia, China and US to meet on Iran
• France,Germany say talks of sanction against Iran is premature
• Italian police raid Turin Olympic Committee offices for alleged irregularities
• Iran says to end cooperation if nuclear file referred to UN Security Council
• Mongolian PM calls for stability of gov't

• Mongolian parliament votes to accept government resignation
• Pakistan tribal lawmaker says US plane kills civilians
• Russia repeats call for Iran to revert to nuclear moratorium
• Russian defense minister says Iran may be referred to UN
• Russia, Japan to stage joint maritime military exercises

• Roundup: Germany, US relations warmer, yet differences remain
• Three Turkish sportsmen kidnapped in Iran: report
• US helicopter downed in northern Iraq
• US population to reach 300 million in October: report