* UK sailors captured at gunpoint Fifteen British Navy personnel have been captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces, the Ministry of Defence says.

* Israel to brand Arabs as peace spoilers Israel is gearing up for a diplomatic campaign that will paint the Arab world as the recalcitrant party if it does not drop the article in the Arab peace initiative.

* Iraq deputy PM injured in blast Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam Zaubai has been injured in a double bombing in Baghdad in which nine people were killed, Iraqi police have said.

* China’s Hu heads to Russia urgently seeking fuel Chinese President Hu Jintao goes to Moscow on Monday, confidently offering trade deals with an economy roaring back home.

* The EU: a model impossible to export? During its 50-year-long journey, the European Union – itself striving to become a key global player speaking with one voice – has been promoting the idea of regional integration to other parts of the world.

* France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.

* Hinode sees the dynamic and violent sun as sharply as never before Hinode, the newest solar observatory on the space scene, has obtained never-before-seen images showing that the sun’s magnetic field is much more turbulent and dynamic than previously known.

* ‘Political correctness is killing our freedoms’ Europe’s citizens must be on their guard against political correctness and moralising politicians.

* IDF, Police Warn Homesh Supporters Not to Attempt a Return Nationalist activists have announced plans to resettle the evacuated northern Samaria town of Homesh.

* Palestinian state legal basis in place say experts The just-installed Palestinian national unity government’s “main goal is to establish an independent Palestinian state in the territories occupied in 1967.”