CHICAGO - US PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama will unveil his national security team at a news conference in Chicago on Monday, expected to include Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.

BASRA (Iraq) - IRAQ and Iran exchanged on Sunday the remains of 250 soldiers killed during their 1980-1988 war in an operation organised by the Red Cross, an AFP photographer said.

JERUSALEM - THE Israeli government has approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture ahead of a Muslim festival next week.