KUALA LUMPUR, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that an attack by the United States on Iran would be 'political suicide' for US President George W. Bush.

He also said that the Iranian people stood ready to defend their country in the event of any attempt to close down the nation's nuclear programme.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday denied any involvement in the deadly suicide car bomb attack on the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the candidates vying for the US presidency to a debate and called for 'fundamental change' in the next US government.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - The 'D8' group of developing nations Tuesday resolved to boost food production to combat shortages that it said threaten to trigger widespread political unrest.

'We want to cooperate in areas of food production, we want to increase the food supply,' said Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi after a one-day summit.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for United States military bases across the world to be 'eradicated' and said there must be 'fundamental change' in the next US government.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8, 2008 (AFP) - Leaders from the D8 group of developing nations Tuesday adopted an ambitious 10-year blueprint to substantially increase trade between their countries, an official said.

'The leaders have agreed to the roadmap,' a Malaysian foreign ministry official involved in the negotiations told AFP.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - The D8 group of developing nations must tackle the issue of rising fuel and food prices at its summit here this week, Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim said Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - The D8 group of developing nations must tackle the issue of rising fuel and food prices at its summit here this week, Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim said Sunday.