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Falluja, Iraq - Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has declared martial law and says a U.S.-led military offensive against the rebel-held city of Falluja could not be delayed much longer. Insurgents have intensified violence in Iraq to show their muscle before the U.S. offensive on Falluja begins and police said gunmen killed 23 policemen in three attacks on Sunday. Allawi was doing all he could to find a peaceful solution, his spokesman said. Ramallah, West Bank - Palestinian leaders decided in the absence of President Yasser Arafat yesterday to carry out a plan to restore law and order in the West Bank and Gaza, a government minister said. It was the first major decision announced by the Palestinian leadership since Arafat was flown to hospital in Paris on Oct. 29. Officials said the plan was drafted in March and is more concerned with ending local lawlessness than reining in militants waging a four-year-old uprising ? a long-standing Israeli and international demand. Tehran - Iran and the European Union's three big powers have reached a tentative deal that could see Tehran avert U.N. Security Council sanctions over its disputed nuclear program, Iranian and EU officials said yesterday. The agreement, hammered out during two days of talks in Paris ending late on Saturday, just awaits the go-ahead from Iran's clerical leadership, according to EU diplomatic sources.
