Zarqawi Near-Capture

April 26, 2005 --

Official: Zarqawi Eludes Capture; Computer Discovered
Iraq's Most Wanted Fugitive on the Run After Leaving Behind Valuable Information. (ABCNEWS)

Iraq's PM-Designate Drafts Cabinet List
After months of haggling over the makeup of Iraq's post-Saddam Hussein government, Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim al-Jaafari drafted a proposed list of Cabinet ministers and will submit it to the president, a spokesman said Tuesday. (AP)

U.S. Closes Book on Iraq WMD Hunt
The US chief weapons inspector, Charles Duelfer, has said inquiries into weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have "gone as far as feasible". (BBC)

Report Finds No Evidence Syria Hid Iraqi Arms
U.S. investigators hunting for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq have found no evidence that such material was moved to Syria for safekeeping before the war, according to a final report of the investigation released yesterday. (Washington Post)

U.S. Clears Troops Over Italy Death
US military investigators have cleared American soldiers of any wrongdoing over the killing of an Italian agent at a Baghdad checkpoint, an official says. (BBC)

Suspected Afghan Drug Kingpin Is Arrested

A reputed Afghan drug lord who authorities say operated with the protection of the Taliban has been captured and faces charges that he tried to smuggle more than $50 million worth of heroin into the United States, authorities said. (LA Times)

Six Killed as Taliban Attack District HQ

Two Afghan policemen and four Taliban guerrillas were killed in a rebel attack on a district headquarters in the southern province of Kandahar, police said yesterday. (Arab News)

Syrian Intelligence Abandons Headquarters

Syrian intelligence agents abandoned their main headquarters in Lebanon, leaving the nerve center from which they had controlled much of their neighbor's affairs for 29 years. (LA Times)

Supreme Court Declines to Hear POWs' Case

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to consider whether US prisoners of war who say they were tortured during the 1991 Gulf War should collect a $959 million judgment from Iraq. (AP)