NEWCASTLE boss Joe Kinnear has been forced to abandon normal training because he does not have enough fit players.

Lawyers throughout Pakistan boycotted court proceedings, clashed with riot police and burned an image of President Gen Pervez Musharraf today in a protest against the removal of the country’s top judge.

The Palestinians’ ruling Fatah Party has split, with young activists forming their own group for the January parliamentary election.

Syria today informed the United Nations its forces have completed their withdrawal from Lebanon, according to the Foreign Ministry.

Syria ended its 29-year military presence in Lebanon today with a farewell ceremony near their shared border, where a Syrian commander told Lebanese troops: “Brothers in arms, so long.”

An Australian terror suspect being held at Guantanamo Bay has likened his detention to a Hollywood movie that depicts life in a brutal prison.