Indonesia Bombs exploded in three packed tourist restaurants on the Indonesian island of Bali killing at least 32 people and injuring over 100, just days before the third anniversary of the nightclub attacks there. Indonesia The deadly explosions in Bali killed at least one Australian and were likely a terrorist attack carried out by Jemaah Islamiyah, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. Iraq The brother of Iraq's interior minister was kidnapped in Baghdad as around 1,000 US soldiers launched an operation against a "terrorist sanctuary" near the border with Syria. France A first group of nearly 600 stranded tourists left Ajaccio's seaport in Corsica after riot police removed striking workers amid a bitter dispute over the privatisation of state-owned ferry company SNCM. Russia A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan, taking American "space tourist" Greg Olsen and his fellow astronauts, a Russian and another American, off towards the International Space Station. Azerbaijan Riot police beat and arrested anti-government activists in the streets of Baku to prevent them uniting in a central square to protest against President Ilham Aliyev five weeks ahead of key legislative elections. EU With its EU accession talks thrown into jeopardy by Austria's last-minute objections, Turkey warned the bloc it would lose international credibility if it failed to "keep its word" on starting the negotiations on time. Mideast Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas's ruling Fatah faction trounced Islamist group Hamas in West Bank municipal elections, according to final results published against a backdrop of violence in the Palestinian territories. Indonesia Hundreds of people rallied in a third day of demonstrations across Indonesia to protest a government decision to more than double fuel prices to keep an economic crisis at bay. New Zealand New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark secured a historic third term in power when final election results confirmed her Labour Party as the biggest political force in parliament.