India Hundreds of oil workers were rescued, some after jumping into the the Arabian Sea, but many were feared dead after an offshore Indian drilling platform off the west coast of India exploded in flames. Britain British police were reported to have arrested at least one of the suspected London bombers in dramatic pre-dawn raids in Birmingham, amid mounting fears the terrorists could strike again. NKorea Fundemental differences remain with North Korea, the United States said after the Stalinist state offered to dismantle its nuclear weapons in return for a normalisation of ties and other conditions. US The crew of Discovery inspected the outside of the shuttle for damage after debris was seen falling off during its landmark launch but NASA downplayed concerns. Iraq The group of Al-Qaeda's Iraq frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said it had executed two Algerians kidnapped last week in the latest killing of Arab diplomats in the war-torn country. France Heavy jail terms were handed down on the key defendants in France's biggest ever child sex trial. US Al-Qaeda "Millennium Bomber" Ahmed Ressam was sentenced to 22 years in jail for plotting to blow up Los Angeles' airport five years ago