A FORMER member of British prime minister Tony Blair’s Cabinet reportedly accused him yesterday of spinning intelligence to justify the war on Iraq and said he had “duped” his colleagues about alleged weapons of mass destruction.

Anti-riot agents have fired volleys of tear gas and rubber pellets at anti-globalisation demonstrators.

ISRAEL and the Palestinians put a positive gloss yesterday on talks between their prime ministers, setting the tone for a three-way summit led by US President George W Bush on promoting a peace “road map”.

US President George W Bush plans to engage in a three-way summit in Jordan next week with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, the White House announced yesterday.

THE US has announced a $15 billion plan to tackle the global crisis of AIDS and has called on the rest of the world to follow its lead.