Baghdad (Reuters): Iraq will hand in a key declaration on its banned weapons programs on Dec. 7 but it will not necessarily include an admission that the country has weapons of mass destruction, the chief Iraqi official liaising with United Nations arms experts said on Tuesday.

Nairobi (Agence France-Presse): President Daniel arap Moi on Tuesday began a trip to London and Washington, amid growing suspicions that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network staged the anti-Israeli attacks in Kenya.

London (Associated Press): Educating girls and improving women's access to family planning and other sexual helath services are crucial to combating poverty, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.

London (Associated Press): Educating girls and improving women's access to family planning and other sexual helath services are crucial to combating poverty, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.

Beijing (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin, seeking to justify his pro-Western policies to a Chinese audience, said on Tuesday it would be "absolutely counter-productive "to seek confrontation with the United States.

Canberra (Agencies): Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Tuesday stood by remarks that preemptive action in another country is a legitimate response to terrorism, insisting they were not directed at Asian neighbors.

Tokyo (Agence France-Presse): Incapable of implementing meaningful reforms to boost the economy, Japan's latest call for "global reflation" helped by China hides an underlying desire to weaken the yen, said Gold-man Sachs Asia vice chairman Kenneth Courtis.

Geneva (Reuters): Develciping countries on Monday rejected a U.S. call at world trade talks to abolish tariffs on industrial and consumer goods by 2015, saying it would hurt poorer states.

London (Reuters): Ernie Els closed his 2002 season with one of the best rounds of his career on Sunday and then admitted he had finally laid to rest the ghost of Tiger Woods.

Japan (Agence France-Presse): Brazilian star Ronaldo led Spanish giant Real Madrid to a 2-0 victory over Paraguay's Olimpia in the Inter-Continental Cup Tuesday as he returned to the scene of his recent World Cup triumph.