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RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince has called for US-led coalition forces to review their aims in Iraq and for some of the country's neighbors to stop backing religious communities, in an apparent reference to Iran. "Coalition forces in Iraq must review the goals of their presence and the strategies of their remaining" there, Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz told the Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview. "The question that must be asked is: what did these forces achieve since entering Iraqi territory? And did the strategy applied by these forces achieve anything positive?" he said. In...

Police in the Malawi city of Blantyre have fired tear gas at Muslims protesting against the arrest and deportation of five suspected al-Qaeda members. The al-Qaeda suspects are now in US custody The Muslims, coming from Jumm'ah, or obligatory Friday prayers, chanted slogans against the government and their own association, the Muslim Association of Malawi (Mam). They accused the government of losing sovereignty by secretly handing the suspects over to American CIA agents, despite a High Court ruling ordering the government to charge or release the men. They also accused their association of failing to protect fellow Muslims, despite the...