Iraq says it plans to rebuild the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, which was closed in 2006 after a scandal over the abuse of prisoners by US troops.A

spokesman gave no date for reopening the jail, but said a committee had been formed to oversee reconstruction.

He said part of the new site would be given over to a museum showing the crimes committed under the former regime of Saddam Hussein.

However, no mention will be made of the facility's more recent history.

US forces in Iraq have released more than 10,000 detainees during 2008 - more than they set free in the whole of 2007, officials say.

Mr Karadzic's lawyer has made it clear he will appeal against the extradition at the very last minute on Friday.

However Serbian war crimes prosecutors say they expect Mr Karadzic to be sent to The Hague next week.

Mr Karadzic plans to conduct his own defence in his trial - something the tribunal prosecutors oppose. <!-- E SF -->

Mr Karadzic was captured on Monday after more than a decade in hiding.

The military, in a statement on its website, said 13 targets were "successfully hit" in the raids.

There was no information on any casualties suffered by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Wednesday's attacks, in the Zap region, were the latest in a series carried out by Turkey since it intensified operations at the end of last year. <!-- E SF -->

The Turkish statement said its military would press ahead with anti-PKK operations inside Turkey and across the border in Iraq "according to military needs".

Envoys from the US, EU and UN asked Iran to give an answer within two weeks or face possible new sanctions.

The meeting in Geneva on Saturday was the first time US and Iranian officials have held face-to-face talks about Iran's controversial nuclear programme.

"The Iranian people are steadfast," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. <!-- E SF -->

They "will not retreat one iota in the face of oppressing powers," he said in the televised speech made to thousands of supporters in the southern town of Yasouj.