Iraq Sunni militants dynamited an empty Shiite mosque in an Iraqi town where they earlier rounded up 80 residents and threatened to kill them unless Shiites left the area. China Thousands of people staged violent anti-Japanese rallies across China in a second weekend of protests as Beijing said relations with its neighbour were at a "crossroads". India President Pervez Musharraf arrived in India with a message of peace and urged India and Pakistan to seize the "unique opportunity" afforded by his visit to resolve their decades-old dispute over Kashmir. Italy Former deputy premier Marco Follini, whose Christian Democrat UDC party has withdrawn from Italy's coalition government, demanded that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi form a new government. US Top finance officials from the Group of Seven industrialized powers foresaw solid global economic growth this year, albeit threatened by high oil prices, but broke no new ground on debt relief for the world's poorest countries at talks here. Vatican Roman Catholic cardinals preparing to elect a successor to the late Pope John Paul II held a final round of consultations, two days before beginning the ultra-secret conclave where the voting will take place. EU The European Union struggled to contain mounting alarm at signs that French voters could reject the EU constitution, in what would be a devastating blow for the expanding bloc. Britain The collapse of MG Rover with the loss of 5,000 jobs should have little effect on Britain's May 5 general election result even if it is, as Prime Minister Tony Blair said, desperate news for the workers and their families, analysts said. Ecuador Ecuadoran President Lucio Gutierrez has declared a state of emergency in the capital and suspended the country's Supreme Court following mass protests against recent judicial reforms.