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TEHRAN -- Iran on Saturday proposed another Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cut of 1-1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), reported state television IRIB's website.

"It is better for a decision to be made for another cut of one million to 1.5 million barrels per day," Iran's OPEC representative Mohammad Ali Khatibi was quoted as saying. (Iran- OPEC)

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BAGHDAD -- The death toll from a suicide car bombing at a marketplace in the town of Tal Afar in Nineveh province on Saturday, rose to at least 11 people killed and 36 others wounded, a provincial police source said.

A suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car in the afternoon into a busy market in Tal Afar, 70 km west of the provincial capital city of Mosul, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Suicide-Bomb)

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MOSUL -- A U.S. military helicopter crashed Saturday in Mosul, killing two U.S. crew members aboard, said the military.

An OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, a light-weight helicopter, made a hard landing at about 6:10 p.m. (1510 GMT) when it came in contact with wires, according to the military. (Iraq-US-Helicopter Crash)

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BEIRUT -- Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said he would help the government solve the case of missing Lebanese, local Elnashra website reported Saturday.

"The Lebanese government is handling the file of missing Lebanese, and I will help as much as I can to solve this problem," Aoun said in a speech to Lebanese university students. (Lebanon- Syria-Missing Lebanese)

As a result, the Pentagon is scrubbing the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter program, officials said.

Both the ARH-70 and the OH-58 Kiowa are built by Bell Helicopter, whose parent Textron Inc. is known for also making Cessna Aircraft. Neither Bell nor Textron had an immediate comment on the Pentagon's decision.

The four-bladed, single-engine ARH-70 was touted as being built with off-the-shelf technology, with the airframe based on Bell's commercially successful Bell 407 civil utility helicopter. But Bell discontinued an existing production line in Canada and moved the ARH-70's production to Texas, The Hill newspaper reported.

The cost for 42 ARH-70 choppers more than doubled to $942 million, or $14.5 million per helicopter, from an initially estimated $359 million.

In addition, delivery slipped to 2013 from 2009, The Hill said.

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