Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged to dismantle illegal outposts in Palestinian territories and abide by Israel's obligations under the US-backed "roadmap" to peace. US John Bolton, the hawkish administration candidate to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, vowed to work with other countries to make a success of the world body that he frequently has dismissed as corrupt and irrelevant. India China and India sign a historic accord setting out "guiding principles" to resolve their decades-old border dispute, a move expected to boost economic cooperation and bilateral ties between the two Asian giants. Vatican A group fighting child sex abuse by Catholic priests expressed outrage that US Cardinal Bernard Law, forced to resign over recent scandals in his diocese, would lead a high-profile mass in memory of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan's parliament has ended days of uncertainty by accepting ousted president Askar Akayev's resignation and setting July 10 as the date for presidential elections in this mountainous Central Asian country. Iraq Three suicide car bombers blew themselves up outside a US military base in a volatile area of Iraq near the Syrian border as US-led forces rounded up dozens of suspected insurgents in Baghdad. Russia Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder and ex-chief of crippled Russian oil giant Yukos, defiantly rejected charges of fraud and embezzlement as a politically-motivated farce as his landmark trial concluded after nearly a year and the judge set April 27 for a verdict. Sudan UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Sudanese officials called on the generosity of donors gathered to help rebuild Sudan's pacified southern region but not at the detriment of strife-torn Darfur. Bangladesh Up to 200 workers are believed trapped in the rubble of an eight-storey factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh Monday, killing at least 15 people, officials said. Afghanistan Twelve suspected Taliban militants died in air strikes by US helicopter gunships and tankbuster jets in southeastern Afghanistan, officials said.