Pakistan A bomb planted by suspected nationalists killed 10 people and injured at least 21 when it exploded near a military truck in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said. Nobel Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, who received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, said protecting the environment was vital to promote peace and democracy. Italy Judges at a court in Milan were due to announce a verdict in Prime Minister Silvio Berulsconi's corruption trial, court sources said here. OPEC OPEC oil producers agreed to reduce crude supplies by one million barrels a day from the beginning of next year in a bid to curb a sharp slide in oil prices from record high levels. EU Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell opened talks with EU leaders here as he continued a European tour to press the case for transatlantic harmony amid the lingering dispute over the war in Iraq. Japan Japan took another step away from its post-World War II pacifism by ending its decades-old ban on military exports and telling defense planners to regard China and North Korea as potential threats. Philippines Hopes of finding more survivors in the ruins of a storm-battered building in the northeast Philippines faded as rescuers halted their search at dusk after only discovering three mangled bodies. EU Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognize Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry. Iraq A US officer who shot dead an unarmed and wounded Iraqi civilian to "put him out of his misery" was found guilty of murder, as Iraq's political parties won more time to register candidates for next month's elections. Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, Ukraine's opposition leader, extended an olive branch to supporters of his main presidential rival in the east of the country, vowing to serve their interests if elected in a rerun of a disputed election. Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon moved swiftly to forge a national unity government after winning approval to reshape his coalition and crushing internal opposition to his Gaza pullout plan. Ghana Ghana President John Agyekum Kufuor has won a second term and his ruling New Patriotic Party cemented its parliamentary majority after elections that set the west African state firmly on the path towards democracy.