TEN terror suspects, including a radical preacher described as “al-Qaida’s ambassador to Europe”, were detained yesterday in a series of early morning raids across Britain.

Islamic fundamentalist cleric Omar Bakri, who left Britain, where he faces a criminal investigation in the wake of the London bombings, was arrested in Lebanon today.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday demanded that Syria withdraw all its troops from Lebanon before Lebanese parliamentary elections in April and May, marking the first time he has set a specific timetable for Damascus.

Syria’s army and intelligence agents completed the first phase of their pullback to eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and Syria today.