Russia is recalling its ambassador from the Georgian capital Tbilisi in a growing row over the detention of four Russian army officers on spying charges. Moscow has dismissed charge as absurd and has ordered a partial evacuation of Russian personnel from Georgia, a move the Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has described as hysterical . From Tbilisi M C reports.

Russia is increasing the pressure on Georgia to release its officers. The Russian foreign ministry says the planned evacuation is due to what it called the growing security threat in Georgia. It has also advised Russians not to visit Georgia and has stopped issuing visas to Georgian citizens. The Georgian government says the Russian officers who have been detained were part of what it called a dangerous spying. It has released audio and video tapes which it says demonstrated the alleged spy were trying to gain information about the Georgian army and the country's energy system. But the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said the charges against the officers will fault.

NATO defense ministers have formally approved plans for the allies to assume command of peacekeeping across the whole Afghanistan. A NATO spokesman said the decision would be implemented within the coming weeks. He said it would mean that 12, 000 US troops in the east could come under NATO control. Here's our defense and security correspondent .

All it expected the decision by the defense ministers is still something about vote of conference in NATO. The alliance says recent expansion into the south has seen British and Canadian forces engaged in fierce battles with the resurgent Taliban, far worse than anything NATO had planned or bargained for. But NATO officials say their alliance has survived that test at a while the Taliban have not been defeated. They have to be failed to scare off NATO forces.

The British government says President Pervez Musharr of Pakistan has accepted assurances from the Prime Minister Tony Blair. But the defense document criticizing the Pakistani intelligence service, the ISI , did not represent government policy. The spokesman for Mr. Blair said the issue was raised during two-hour of talks at Mr. Blair's country residence. The leak's document had earlier been angrily denounced by President Pervez Musharr.

The man said to be the new leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq says more than 4, 000 foreign insurgents have been killed in fighting there since the America-led invasion in 2003. The statement was contained in an audiotape posed on Internet sites used by militants and it's the first time any such figure has been given for insurgent loses. On the tape, the man who identified himself as says many more Iraqi fighters have also died. Jim reports from Baghdad.

was named the new leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq in June after his predecessor was killed by an American air strike. This was first purported public message since he took the job. He appealed determinant to cause a sturt. In an obvious attempt to win political ground in the Iraqi struggle, also offered an amnesty to Iraqis who have cooperated with the US-led coalition provided they were pented during Ramadan.

The head of the national police in Canada has appologized publicly over the case of a man deported to Syria after being forcely labeled an Islamic extremist. The police commissioner admitted his fause and made major mistakes in the case. The report of a public inquiries said Canadian police have spreaded misleading and false information about the man that contributed his deportation to Syria.

The governing party in Nigeria has suspended the membership of the vice President because of corruption allegations. The move of stopping being considered by the party for its nomination of successor to President Olusegun Obasanjo whose term in office ends next year. From Lagos reports.

The presidential ambitions of the Nigerian vice President have taken another blow. He is already with the president of corruption allegations which could bar him from contesting next year's elections. Now the national executive of the ruling party, the PDP, has suspended his party membership for three months. That means he would miss the PDP primaries in December and therefore not be able to contest the presidential elections as a ruling party candidate. The vice president spokesman said the decision would be challenged in court.

Russia has agreed to grant credit worth 350 million dollars to Cuba to stall allies from Soviet times and restructure some of its recent debt. The move came during a visit to Cuba by the Russian prime minister.