Mideast The Israeli parliament overwhelmingly rejected a last-ditch move by right-wingers to delay the Gaza Strip pullout for up to a year as a mass rally to protest next month's withdrawal fizzled out. Iraq Iraq said its post-Saddam Hussein constitution would be ready within two weeks despite sustained rebel attacks that saw the killing of two Sunni members of the charter's drafting committee. Iraq A British Army regiment said it "bitterly regrets" the death of an Iraqi detainee in its custody, after three of its soldiers were charged with war crimes over alleged prisoner abuse. Britain Britain hailed the "rapid progress" being made in an international hunt for the masterminds behind the London bombings, while Pakistan said it had arrested more than 200 suspected Islamic militants. US The foreign minister of Senegal blasted the African Union for not moving quickly enough to stop the bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region which the United States again labeled genocide. US-China The United States does not consider China a threat, the White House said after China protested about a Defense Department report which expressed concern about its military buildup. US President George W. Bush launched the political battle to get his conservative nominee for the Supreme Court confirmed by Congress, calling on senators to quickly approve his choice.