World -- August 23, 2005

• 11 Pakistani workers kidnapped in Iraq released
• 10 suspected terrorists arrested in Pakistan's tribal areas
• Australian women soldiers allowed to serve in frontline
• Brazilian officials in London for shooting inquiry
• Car bomb hits US patrol in western Baghdad

• Ethiopia announces peaceful conclusion of vote counting of re-run elections
• Foreign companies target Vietnam's biggest pulp project
• Iran, Holland to sign MoU on treatment of chemical weapons victims
• Indian foreign secretary to visit Pakistan this month
• Iraqi Shiites, Kurds agree on draft constitution

• Iraq's draft constitution submitted to parliament, no vote for 3 days
• JMB threatens to launch direct action
• Kidnapped French journalist freed in Gaza
• MSF sounds alarm over increasing violence in Somalia
• Powerful blast hits north of Beirut

• Sri Lanka names new foreign minister
• Somali police officers attend management course in Uganda
• Sharon, Abbas to meet for new pages in ties
• UN envoy urges Belgrade to take constructive role on Kosovo