Lebanon Lebanese danced with joy and Syrians waved national flags as the last Syrian troops crossed the border back home, ending a 29-year presence in Lebanon and ushering in a new era for its tiny neighbour. Italy The US ambassador to Italy was summoned for urgent talks with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after a US military investigation found its soldiers "not culpable" in the friendly-fire killing of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq. Togo Faure Gnassingbe, candidate of the party that has ruled Togo for four decades, has won the presidential poll, officials said, sparking immediate street violence and opposition charges of fraud. Mideast The Palestinian Authority outlined plans to take immediate control of all land and property in the Gaza Strip vacated by Israeli settlers after their departure from the territory this summer. Italy Prosecutors asked a court to charge Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with tax fraud, as the premier was set to unveil his revamped government program to parliament ahead of a key confidence vote. Japan Rescuers pulled three survivors and more bodies from the wreckage of a Japanese train as the death toll rose to 81, with a new derailment raising fresh safety concerns following recent rail privatisation. China Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan arrived in China for a historic visit following violent protests in Taipei by pro-independence Taiwanese who accused him of selling out to the mainland. Brazil US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Brazil, the first stop in a four-nation tour of Latin America that will focus on regional issues including, Ecuador, Venezuela and the troubled Organization of American States. US A man accused of helping plot the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States told a Spanish court on Tuesday that he did not support Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and had never met him, but he did back Islamic holy war as a "self-defence concept." EU The UN's chief war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte kept Croatia's hopes of starting EU entry talks on hold, saying Zagreb was still not helping enough to find a key suspect. Myanmar Two women were killed and 16 other people were wounded when a bomb exploded in a busy market in Myanmar's second largest city Mandalay, a hospital official and state media said.