Europe Europe stepped up efforts to allay public fears of a human pandemic as Greece ran tests to determine whether a deadly Asian bird flu strain already detected in Turkey and Romania has spread further. Health The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche appeared to bend to heavy demand for its anti-flu drug Tamiflu, saying that it was now ready to share production as a highly pathogenic form of avian influenza reached Europe. Pakistan The UN warned time was running out for Pakistan's quake survivors, with half a million yet to receive help and not enough tents in the world to keep them warm this winter. Iraq Iran said it had sent its own indictment against Saddam Hussein to Iraq's government, a day before the former president appears in court for the first in a series of trials for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Japan China said Japan's foreign minister is not welcome in Beijing, after the nation's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi paid a controversial visit to a Tokyo war shrine. Iraq Iraqi election officials combed through ballots from the country's historic constitutional referendum, but a senior official said the discovery of "anomalies" in the vote should not affect the final outcome. Germany Germany's new parliament sat for the first time, signalling the beginning of the end of Gerhard Schroeder's seven-year spell as chancellor even as the incoming team worked to put together a policy programme. EU EU trade chief Peter Mandelson won broad backing Tuesday from EU foreign ministers for his negotiating tactics in world trade talks despite French anger over his concessions on agricultural subsidies. Britain The British government said it was now free to deport suspected Libyan promoters of terrorism after Libya gave "assurances" about their safety. China The world is watching to see whether China will chart a path toward a more open society, and wondering why it is concealing the pace of its military spending, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. Thailand Thailand extended emergency rule in its three mainly Muslim southern provinces by another three months, as the death toll neared 1,000 in nearly 22 months of unrest.