Iran Iran was hit by a barrage of Western condemnation after its hardline president called for Israel to be "wiped off the map", but the clerical regime struck back with yet more verbal attacks against the Jewish state. Iran UN chief Kofi Annan expressed dismay about remarks made by Iran's hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggesting that Israel should be "wiped off the map". Mideast Israel rolled tanks into the West Bank city of Jenin and launched air raids over the Gaza Strip as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened a widespread response to a suicide bombing. Iraq A fresh bout of sectarian violence between Iraq's two main Arab communities killed 19 people, including 17 radical Shiite militiamen, in a clash with Sunni Arab gunmen east of Baghdad. EU EU leaders battled to present a united front on how to revive Europe's flagging fortunes, but clear strains remained over a British-led reform drive and thorny EU budget plans. US Embattled US President George W. Bush, in a serious political defeat, announced he had abandoned efforts to get longtime aide Harriet Miers confirmed to the US Supreme Court. Netherlands Fire swept through a detention center housing drug smugglers and illegal immigrants at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, killing 11 detainees and leaving eight escapees on the run. UN Switzerland has launched a criminal probe against four people and frozen bank accounts linked to the United Nations oil-for-food programme, the Swiss economics ministry said. Health Tests on samples taken from an ill man on the French island of Reunion have turned out negative for traces of bird flu, the French health ministry said. Kenya Dozens of people were wounded when machete-wielding supporters and opponents of Kenya's draft constitution clashed in the increasingly bitter campaign ahead of next month's referendum.