Mideast Four Israeli soldiers were killed and 10 wounded when Palestinian militants blew up a tunnel under an army post in Gaza, as jailed intifada leader Marwan Barghuti pulled out of the Palestinian elections. Iraq The US military denied that ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was on a hunger strike, as more US and Iraqi troops were killed trying to impose order ahead of next month's landmark elections. Philippines At least 14 people were killed and 59 others injured in a bomb attack in a public market in the southern Philippines, the military said. Spain More than 70,000 people were evacuated from Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium following a bomb scare, club sources said. Ukraine Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said he was not ready to blame the ruling elite with trying to poison him after doctors confirmed he was disfigured after ingesting a massive dose of a deadly toxin. Romania The Romanian presidential election was too close to call, with one exit poll narrowly giving the nod to Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, while another survey had him neck and neck with his centre-right rival. US The Washington Post said US President George W. Bush's administration has listened in on phone calls between Mohamed ElBaradei and Iranian diplomats, seeking ammunition to oust ElBaradei as head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency. Myanmar At least two Myanmar dissidents were among thousands of prisoners freed after the military government announced it had begun releasing more than 5,000 detainees in a third mass release in less than a month, relatives and officials said. Kuwait PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas apologized to Kuwait for the organization's pro-Baghdad stand during Iraq's 1990 invasion of the emirate, at the start of a landmark visit aimed at healing a 14-year rift.