Washington, July 6: An international team of experts has determined that archaeological sites in southern Iraq have not been looted, as was believed earlier.

Washington  - An Oregon man reclining on a green lawn chair suspended by giant party ballons landed in a horse pasture outside Cambridge, Idaho, at about 2245 GMT Saturday.

Ramallah - Palestinian and Israeli peace negotiators will meet in Washington in ten days with US administration representatives attending the meeting, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday.

Spokesman Nabil Abu Rdineh said the meeting was intended to give a stronger push to the peace talks between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel.

There's not much time to reach an agreement before the end of the year, Abu Rdineh said.

The parties hope to reach a deal paving the way for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel before US President George W Bush leaves the White House in January.

Baghdad - Iraq's political powers are still opposed to a long-term security agreement with Washington that does not preserve the country's sovereignty and national interests, an Iraqi lawmaker said

Washington/Quebec  - UNESCO Friday expressed

Washington  - Democrat Barack