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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia sought to reassure the international community on Monday following the weekend's hostage taking, which cost 22 people Ð mainly foreign workers Ð their lives. Authorities were still hunting for three militants believed to have escaped after Saudi commandos ended the stand-off Sunday morning, freeing about 41 hostages inside an expatriate housing compound in the eastern city of Khobar. Baghdad - A meeting of Iraq's Governing Council to finalize the interim government that takes power at the end of June has been delayed, amid reports of disagreements over who should be the country's president. The U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority is believed to favour 81 year-old Adnan Pachachi, a former foreign minister, for the post. The Governing Council is believed to favour Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, a civil engineer currently presiding over the council. Karachi, Pakistan - An explosion at a Shia mosque in the Pakistani city of Karachi killed at least eight people on Monday. The bomb blast at the Imam Bargah Ali Raza mosque came during evening prayers, officials said. As many as 35 people were hurt. Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday showed members of his Likud party a revised version of his plan to withdraw Israeli forces and settlements from Gaza in four stages.
