* Olmert: Prepare for war with Syria While chances for all-out war with Syria in 2007 are deemed low by Israel’s top intelligence officials.

* US body ‘to plan attacks on Iran’ The US Pentagon has set up a special planning group to co-ordinate possible attacks on Iran.

* Report: Hizbullah building buffer zone Hizbullah is building up reinforcements north of the Litani river in anticipation of another potential war with Israel.

* Iraq vice president hurt in blast Violence continues to sweep Baghdad where an Iraqi vice president has escaped an apparent assassination attempt.

* ‘Jesus, Magdalene & son in Talpiot tomb’ The Discovery TV Channel has released new details of the “Lost Tomb of Jesus” documentary that is to be officially launched at a New York press conference on Monday.

* Iran builds tension with rocket launch Iran has warned it is ready “even for war” as it launched a rocket believed to have reached the edge of orbit.

* Court clears Serbia of genocide The UN’s highest court has cleared Serbia of direct responsibility for genocide during the 1990s Bosnian war.

* Mideast Quartet to meet in late March – Russian envoy A ministerial meeting of the Quartet of international mediators on the Middle East will be held in the region in late March.

* Hamas chief in Moscow for Palestinian government talks Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal arrived in Moscow on Monday for talks aimed at capitalizing on differences among the Quartet of Middle East negotiators over how to deal with the Palestinian government.

* Veto problem on EU-Russia treaty getting bigger Poland and Lithuania are becoming more deeply entrenched in a blockade on launching EU talks on a new treaty with Russia.