Israel said
on Monday it was ready to start talks based on a Saudi Arabian
land-for-peace initiative but made clear it wanted Riyadh and other
Arab League members with no formal ties to the Jewish state to take
part
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered
his ministers to quit Iraq's coalition government on Monday in protest
at Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's refusal to set a timetable for
