Sudan Deadly rioting rocked the Sudanese capital after a helicopter crash killed Sudan's new vice president and ex-southern rebel leader John Garang, dealing a blow to a fledgling January peace deal that ended Africa's longest-running war. Saudi Saudis and a host of foreign dignitaries were to pay their respects to King Fahd in a funeral which is the final act in an era that saw the monarch steer his country through the most turbulent decades in its history. NKorea The United States said it had failed to overcome key differences with North Korea in talks on its nuclear weapons programs, indicating negotiations were headed for a stalemate as they dragged into a second week. Iran Iran defiantly took the first steps towards a resumption of sensitive nuclear work which risks plunging talks with the European Union into crisis and exposing Tehran to UN Security Council action. WWII Japan's lower house of parliament adopted a resolution on the 60th anniversary of World War II stating Tokyo regrets the "suffering" it caused in Asia but avoiding the word "aggression" used in a similar statement in 1995. US US President George W. Bush appointed John Bolton ambassador to the United Nations, bypassing the Senate where his nomination stalled amid charges the blunt diplomat would hurt US credibility. Mideast The Israeli police authorized a major demonstration against the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip under a compromise reached overnight with settlers' leader Bentzi Lieberman, he told Israeli public radio. Britain British police were quizzing two more men as part of a widening investigation into last month's failed bomb attacks on London, as officials moved to extradite one of the key suspects from Italy. US NASA ordered an unprecedented repair operation on the Discovery space shuttle to ensure it can make a safe return to Earth. India Heavy monsoon rains continued to pound India's financial hub of Mumbai and the surrounding state, as officials issued fresh flood warnings and the death toll neared 1,000. Iraq Parliament will debate a draft constitution for Iraq on August 15, keeping the country on track for a scheduled mid-October referendum on the post-Saddam Hussein charter, officials said.