Eight killed in blast at compound in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Suspected militants set off a blast while making bombs at their compound in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least eight people, including a woman and three children, army officials said. The explosion occurred in the tribal village of Mosaki, about 12 miles east of Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan said. Several male foreigners were among those killed, but Sultan had not further details and it was not clear if top Taliban or al-Qaida suspects were among them.

Philippines announces capture of terror suspect

MANILA, Philippines -- Security forces on Saturday captured a Philippine Muslim extremist group's leader, who also was wanted by the United States, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo announced. In a statement on government television, Arroyo congratulated police and soldiers for catching Radulan Sahiron, describing him as "a very notorious leader" of the Abu Sayyaf militant group. The one-armed Sahiron, Abu Sayyaf's chief of staff, was on a U.S. list of wanted terrorists. Authorities have linked him to several kidnappings. He was also wanted for the deaths of two Americans kidnapped in 2001.

Three Guantanamo detainees return home

MANAMA, Bahrain -- After four years of incarceration at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo, three Bahraini men returned home Saturday. Salman Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Abdullah Al-Noaimi and Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Haji were flown home aboard a U.S. military plane from Guantanamo, according to Bahraini authorities. "The three have arrived and they are at their houses," said Adel al-Moawdah, the deputy speaker of Bahrain's parliament who has been pushing for their release. The three were arrested four years ago by Pakistani authorities and handed over to U.S. forces during the 2001 war in Afghanistan.

U.N. audit says U.S. owes millions of dollars to Iraq

AMMAN, Jordan -- A U.N. auditing board, the International Advisory and Monitoring Board of the Development Fund for Iraq, has recommended that the United States reimburse Iraq up to $208.5 million for contracting work carried out by KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton, in the last two years. The work by KBR, paid for with Iraqi oil proceeds, was either overpriced or done poorly, the report said.

-- From wire reports

-- From wire reports

Halliburton said KBR cooperated with the auditing process and that questions raised had to do with documentation rather than the costs incurred by the company.