Iraq Iraqi troops, backed by US soldiers, tightened their cordon on a town where Sunni gunmen had abducted dozens of people and had threatened to kill them unless all Shiites left. India Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to boost road and rail links and revive a panel to promote trade during "very warm" talks after watching cricket together, officials said. Vatican Cardinals from 52 countries withdrew into solemn seclusion ahead of an ultra-secret conclave during which they will choose the 265th pope in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. Cyprus Mehmet Ali Talat, a supporter of reunification on divided Cyprus, was headed for victory in Turkish Cypriot presidential elections, partial results showed, with three quarters of the ballots counted. Italy Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced a crucial 24 hours as he struggled to convince a rebel party to return to his center-right government and avoid early elections he would likely lose. Togo At least seven people were killed and more than 150 injured in the Togolese capital when government and opposition supporters clashed in the run-up to next week's presidential election, the two sides said. Haiti The UN Security Council will examine a Haitian request to keep UN forces in the violence-wracked Caribbean nation well beyond elections scheduled for later this year, Brazil's UN ambassador said here. Germany Hundreds of Nazi concentration camp survivors from around the world marked the 60th anniversary of their liberation in Germany and mourned the millions who did not share their luck. Austria Austria's far-right firebrand Joerg Haider was elected president of a new political party as the group was formally launched in a gamble that could put at risk the country's ruling coalition. Switzerland Twelve Swiss holidaymakers were killed when a coach carrying 27 people skidded off a wet mountain road and plunged 200 metres (600 feet) into a ravine in southern Switzerland, authorities said.