NEW YORK -- American Muslims are boosting security at mosques, seeking help from leaders of other faiths and airing ads underscoring their loyalty to the United States …quot; all ahead of a 9/11 anniversary they fear could bring more trouble for their communities.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM -Palestinians and Israel are due to resume direct talks in Washington on Sept. 2 in a bid to resurrect two-decade-old efforts to end the Middle East conflict.

KHARTOUM- France may not be a big hit in President Omar al-Bashir's Sudan, but a French firm is in pole position to scoop what industry sources say is the "underexplored" gold resources of Africa's largest country.

CAIRO--Posters have sprouted up around Egypt promoting the son of President Hosni Mubarak as the country's next leader, in the most overt campaign yet for a controversial father-son succession inthe Arab world's most populous country.