US Dozens of people were feared dead as rescuers searched flooded neighborhoods and shattered buildings along the trail of devastation Hurricane Katrina left along much of the US Gulf coast. Mideast Benjamin Netanyahu launched his much-anticipated campaign to oust Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from the leadership of the right-wing Likud party with a blistering attack on Israel's pullout from Gaza. Iraq At least 56 people were killed in multiple US air strikes in Iraq against suspected Al-Qaeda hideouts near the Syrian border at dawn, an Iraqi security source said. France A blaze in a rundown building housing African immigrants in Paris -- the second in four days and the third in five months -- killed seven people overnight and blew up into a public debate over housing for the poor and the government's crackdown on illegal nationals. Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's parliament approved a bill that stops white farmers from legally challenging land grabs, curtails the travel rights of those deemed anti-government and disenfranchises people without full citizenship. Lebanon Lebanon arrested three former pro-Syrian security chiefs suspected of involvement in the February murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, as part of a UN probe into the killing that sent shockwaves through the nation. China-EU-US EU trade chief Peter Mandelson stepped up pressure on EU governments to agree urgent measures to break a logjam in Chinese textile imports, warning of shortages and price hikes if no action were taken. China-UN China insists it should be allowed to handle human rights issues in its own way, as the United Nations presses it and other Asia-Pacific nations to ratify relevant international agreements. NKorea Two US Congressmen head for North Korea in a bid to narrow the gaps separating the two sides and urge the Stalinist state to quickly return to talks on its nuclear weapons drive. Indonesia Indonesia's president signed a decree granting amnesty to separatist rebels in Aceh province, clearing the way for more than 1,400 guerrillas to be freed from jail, the state secretary said.