Iraq Three US soldiers, a marine and a civilian translator were killed and one soldier wounded in two car bombings in Iraq, one to the west and another in the northern city of Mosul, the military said. Iraq The British defence ministry denied that any decision had been taken to redeploy British troops in the south of Iraq to Baghdad to free US troops for other operations. US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry traded blows over key domestic issues and criss-crossed battleground states hoping to sway undecided voters as the campaign clock ticks down. Afghanistan Seven people including two US soldiers died in explosions in Afghanistan, officials said, as early results from historic elections gave President Hamid Karzai a strong lead over his rivals. US US Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea beginning next week for talks on the stalled effort to end the impasse over North Korea's nuclear program, Iraq, terrorism and other matters, the State Department said. Indonesia Indonesian prosecutors have charged hardline Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir with involvement in the nightclub bombings in the resort island of Bali which killed 202 people, a prosecutor said. Spain A political row erupted after Spain and the Netherlands vehemently protested Cuba's refusal to grant entry to three parliamentary deputies who had arrived in Havana to meet Cuban dissidents. Congo President Joseph Kabila began a historic visit to this fragile and war-weary region by announcing that the Democratic Republic of Congo would not accept any further "aggression". Ukraine More than 10,000 students from all over Ukraine rallied in the capital Kiev in support of the opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko in Ukrainian presidential elections, warning the government against vote-rigging. India India's troubled northeastern state of Assam said it had scaled back operations against tribal separatists who had agreed to a ceasefire, pending New Delhi's own announcement of a truce.