Mideast The last remaining Jewish settlers were pulled out of the Gaza Strip as Israel brought down the curtain on its 38-year occupation of the Palestinian territory. Iraq Iraqi Shiite and Kurdish negotiators finally agreed a draft constitution after weeks of tortuous talks and were to present it to parliament regardless of whether the minority Sunnis agree. Iraq-Pakistan-India-Egypt Kidnappers in Iraq have released 11 Pakistanis, three Egyptians and two Indians who were abducted earlier this month, the foreign ministry in Pakistan said. Afghanistan-US US and Afghan forces have killed at least 105 Taliban militants in the past three weeks in operations to increase security before key legislative elections, the American military said. Britain Two senior Brazilian officials arrived in Britain to grill police officers and investigators about the fatal shooting of a Brazilian man mistaken for a suicide bomber exactly a month ago. WHO UN targets to improve children's health in poor countries within 10 years will take at least 150 years to achieve despite a concerted international effort to tackle mortality and malnutrition, the UN health agency said. Europe The armies of several central and eastern European countries were mobilizing to cope with heavy rains and floods which have killed nearly 70 people in the region this summer, with Romania and Bulgaria the worst hit. Indonesia Some 1,300 Indonesian soldiers withdrew from Aceh province, the first major step by Indonesia to begin implementing a historic peace deal struck last week with separatist rebels. Iran Dissident journalist Akbar Ganji, Iran's most prominent political prisoner, has ended a lengthy hunger strike and is in "fair" health, his wife said. Portugal Fire-fighting aircraft from Germany, Italy and the Netherlands headed to Portugal as the country struggled to contain the biggest wave of wildfires to hit so far this year, with hot weather set to continue. China A campaign permanently to close illegal coal mines in southern China by dynamiting them has sparked a violent clash between miners and police and a mass protest, according to witnesses and media reports. Britain A mysterious pianist found wandering on an English beach four months ago, triggering a global hunt for clues as to his identity, is a 20-year-old German who was reportedly suicidal, the foreign ministry in Berlin said. afp