Two more of America's top spies were reported yesterday to be leaving the CIA, as an attempt to fix the troubled agency appeared increasingly to be dividing its ranks and driving out its most experienced officials.

Jailed West Bank leader Marwan Al Barghouti decided to run for Palestinian president in January elections to succeed the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, a member of the dominant Fatah faction's higher committee said on Thursday.

The Iraqi foreign minister said Thursday that the interim Iraqi government plans to meet soon in Jordan with rebel leaders to try to persuade the leaders to take part in politics.