Iraq Almost 25,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since US and British troops invaded the country two years ago, an average of 34 every single day, a British study said. Iraq Three Sunni Arab members of Iraq's constitutional committee were murdered hours after President Jalal Talabani predicted the likely completion of the text ahead of schedule, in a day of insurgent violence that saw 13 Iraqi workers killed in a bus ambush. Mideast Tens of thousands of opponents of Israel's imminent withdrawal from the Gaza Strip were being blocked from marching on the territory by a mass of police and soldiers. Britain Britain's Muslim community must actively confront the "evil ideology" behind the London bombings, Prime Minister Tony Blair said after meeting with leaders from Islamic groups in the country. Britain The Al-Qaeda terror network warned European nations to pull their troops out of Iraq within a month or face more attacks like the deadly London bombings, according to an Internet statement. Britain Afghan warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a British court for torture and hostage-taking in Afghanistan in a landmark case for international law. Turkey The United States has ordered the capture of commanders of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq, where many of the group's militants are based, the Turkish army number two was quoted by media as saying. Spain Firefighters brought under control a massive fire in central Spain that killed 11 volunteer firemen and destroyed vast tracts of pine forest, officials said. China More than one million people were evacuated as Typhoon Haitang pounded China's coast after tearing through Taiwan, where up four people were killed and one was missing. Japan A court rejected damages for Chinese victims of Japan's notorious World War II germ warfare unit, standing firm on Tokyo's refusal to compensate individuals amid a bilateral row over wartime memories. NKorea A fourth round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament will begin in Beijing on July 26, China announced, although analysts were skeptical significant progress will be made.