Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says the new Palestinian government is willing to have spending monitored.LONDON, England (CNN) — The international community is willing to provide crucial aid to Palestinians if the new Hamas-led government commits to non-violence, recognizes Israel’s right to exist and accepts current Mideast peace agreements, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has said.

Annan made the statement Monday at the end of a meeting of the Mideast Quartet, composed of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations.

He described the session as a "very useful and constructive" meeting to discuss the rise of Hamas — long considered a terrorist organization by the West — in Palestinian politics.

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Ayman al-Zawahiri mentioned a video from Osama bin Laden that was broadcast earlier this month.(CNN) — Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, appeared in a new video Monday, saying he is alive and well just weeks after a U.S. missile strike targeted him in Pakistan.

He also called President Bush a "loser" and the "butcher of Washington."

"I will meet my death when God wishes," al-Zawahiri said in the three-and-a-half minute video, which was broadcast on the Arabic-language television network Al-Jazeera.

Al-Zawahiri taunted the U.S. president, saying, "Bush, do you know where I am? I am among the Muslim masses, enjoying their care with God’s blessings and sharing with them their holy war against you until we defeat you." (Transcript)

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