LIVERPOOL are believed to have reopened talks with Feyenoord for striker Dirk Kuyt after completing the final details of Jermaine Pennant’s arrival at Anfield.

The American military today detained a high-ranking member of al Qaida in Iraq in the restive town of Ramadi, the US Marines said.

US forces launched airstrikes today in a town near the Syrian border in western Iraq, part of a three-day offensive against insurgents that has killed at least 36 militants since the fighting began, officials said.

A string of bombings in Iraqi cities – including one by a man with explosives strapped to his body – killed more than 60 people and wounded more than 100 today as US troops pushed on in an offensive aimed at followers of Iraq’s most-wanted terrorist.

UNDER-FIRE Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier should be given a job for life at Anfield, according to Manchester United’s Alex Ferguson.