BAGHDAD - IRAQ'S Abu Ghraib prison, made notorious by graphic pictures of abuse of detainees by US jailers, has reopened with top-of-the-range facilities and a new name, the justice ministry said on Sunday.
TEHRAN - IRAN'S official news agency says the country's first nuclear power plant will begin preliminary phase operation on Wednesday after a series of delays.
LONDON - FORMER British resident Binyam Mohamed, who is set to be released from Guantanamo Bay this week, will be granted temporary admission into the country, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Sunday.
TEHRAN - IRAN plans to issue a new bank note and coin with images of its first domestically-produced satellite, media reported on Sunday, a few weeks after the Islamic state sent it into space.
