Health The Asian bird flu strain that can kill humans has reached Turkey and is likely in Romania, bringing it to the frontiers of Europe for the first time, the European Commission said. Turkey Turkish Health Minister Recep Akdag said that an outbreak of bird flu in the country's northwest had been contained and assured citizens there was no reason to panic. Asia Vietnam, Indonesia and Laos won more than 17 million dollars from international donors to help fight the bird flu virus that has killed more than 60 people in Asia and triggered fears of a global pandemic. Quake Pakistani troops struggled to reach remote mountain villages cut off since a massive weekend quake, as powerful aftershocks triggered panic among millions of homeless and traumatised survivors. Quake Quake-hit Pakistan is in a "desperate situation" with survivors cut off beyond major towns five days after the disaster, UN relief chief Jan Egeland told AFP after seeing the devastation. Russia More than 60 people were killed in the southern Russian city of Nalchik in simultaneous attacks on government targets claimed by rebels from nearby breakaway Chechnya, officials said. Syria Syrian interior minister and former strongman in Lebanon, Ghazi Kanaan, was buried amid questions over his reported suicide that came after he insisted on his innocence in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri. Nobel Leading 20th century British playwright Harold Pinter won the 2005 Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy announced. Britain Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was celebrating her 80th birthday ahead of a lavish party to be attended by Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Tony Blair. US The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles released records showing that it was often warned that priests were sexually abusing children but allowed them to continue their warped ministry. Iraq Fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's trial to start next week will be public, open to the media and possibly broadcast live, Iraq's chief judge in the case said.