Militants in Thai South kill rubber tapper - Blasts mark communist chief's visit to Nepal town - Chechen mufti rules out amnesty for rebel recruits - Nepal Maoist chief says US wants Maoists to return to conflict - Lebanese paper reports on clashes involving Fatah al-Islam
- Afghan official says farmers to grow poppies unless help given - Iranian drug official predicts increase in Afghan opium production this year - French customs seizures of counterfeit products, tobacco up in 2006 - St Vincent police seize "record" drug haul - agency
- Serious fighting reported after state officials relocate to Mogadishu - Somalia appeals to Kenya to re-open airspace - Islamic Community to oppose violent spread of Wahhabism in Serbia - Thai police to launch inquiry into missing persons reports - Gunmen kill Muslim couple selling toys in southern Thailand
Iraq to invite former officers to service; Sadrist slams "heinous" air strike - Turkey: Iraqi minister asks for help in fighting terrorism - Taleban less of a threat than terrorists from Iraq - French ex-Iraq hostage confirms she was held with Romanians
