China Up to 20,000 anti-Japanese protesters took to the streets of two southern Chinese cities, as Japan demanded an apology for a violent rally outside its embassy in Beijing the previous day. Iraq A Pakistani embassy official in Baghdad was kidnapped, becoming the latest victim of the spate of hostage-taking in the country's insurgency, as Iraqi politicians put the finishing touches to their new government. Mideast Israeli police prevented right-wing Jewish extremists from staging a rally at Jerusalem's disputed mosque compound after thousands of Muslims massed to defend the flashpoint site. Vatican Catholic cardinals took a break from their daily deliberations as an account emerged by Pope John Paul II's private secretary of a purported miracle that could help any claim for sainthood. Yemen At least 40 rebels and 10 soldiers have been killed in fresh clashes in Yemen's mountainous northwest as government forces pursue followers of a slain rebel preacher. Germany German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said the world must never allow the horrors of the Nazis to fade from memory as he commemorated the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. India Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrived in New Delhi for talks as India said it hoped for a lasting resolution to a border dispute which 40 years ago led the world's two most populous nations to war. Asia A US-run tsunami alert center said there was no threat of massive tidal waves, after a powerful earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. Nepal The bodies of 113 Maoist rebels have been recovered following a major battle with government forces in western Nepal late last week, an army official said. India Ten people were killed and 20 injured in a grenade blast and in clashes between militants and soldiers and police in Indian Kashmir, police said.