Syria-Lebanon Syria vowed to cooperate with the UN probe investigating the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri after a Security Council resolution urged Damascus to help or face the consequences. Germany Incoming German chancellor Angela Merkel fought to hold together her planned left-right government after a key party leader stepped down and another jumped ship. Iraq The US military announced the death of another soldier in Iraq bringing October's losses to 94, the fourth biggest of the conflict, after a car bomb killed at least 20 people in the normally quiet southern city of Basra. Ethiopia At least five people were shot dead and more than 18 wounded when Ethiopian police fired on and beat crowds in the capital amid soaring new tensions over disputed May elections. Kyrgyzstan At least 20 inmates were killed after riots at four prisons in the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan sparked by the transfer of a jailed criminal gang leader, officials and rights activists told AFP, though authorities put the toll much lower. Tanzania Zanzibar's incumbent President Amani Abeid Karume has been re-elected in weekend polls marred by violence and fraud charges on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago, election officials said. India Police have prepared a sketch of a key suspect in New Delhi's deadly bombings, Indian media said as Hindus marked a subdued Diwali festival under tight security and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hinted at a Pakistani link to the blasts. Netherlands Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the Netherlands on a two-day state visit aimed at invigorating ties with a country that is one of Russia's key west European partners.