Al-Ahram (Egypt): Bush: Iran still a nuclear threat … U.S. intelligence report on Iran confounds the world and weakens Washington's position – U.S. President George W. Bush said Iran still poses a nuclear threat and that the military option remains on the table despite a U.S. intelligence report that states Tehran stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003. The report, which seemed to have caused confusion at the White House and major capitals around the world, is a blow to the Bush administration that was seeking justifications to strike Iran.

Al-Sabah (Iraq): Four points in the government's letter to the U.N. Security Council and merging militias complete in 2008 – Officials said the Iraqi government is preparing a letter to the Security Council to extend the presence of the U.S.-led forces in Iraq in accordance with four new conditions that include banning "irresponsible behavior" of the foreign forces. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered resolving the issue of the militias next year after allocating 189 billion Iraqi dinars in the 2008 budget to merge them in the security services.

Al-Arab al-Yawm (Jordan): U.S. forces hold hundreds of teens affected by al-Qaida ideas in Iraqi jails – The U.S. forces are holding 950 young Iraqis, whose ages range from 10 to 17, affected by al-Qaida's ideas to join in operations against the security forces. American military officials said there were only 100 juveniles in custody last December, accusing al-Qaida of deliberately recruiting teenagers because they are easily influenced.

Tishreen (Syria): Meqdad to donor representatives: We are doing all we can to meet the needs of the displaced Iraqis – Syria's deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad told U.N. donor representatives in a meeting that his government was doing everything possible to meet all the needs of displaced Iraqis in Syria. He said the international community must assume its responsibility towards helping these Iraqis.

Al-Khabar (Algeria): Kouchner ridicules apology request and humiliates Algeria on its own territory – French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, on a visit to Algeria with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, said France will not apologize for the crimes committed by the French colonization of Algeria. In response to a reporter's question on whether his government will apologize, he said: "Apologize to whom and for what? We cannot deal with history through the logic of guilt."