Ukraine Ukraine's opposition said it was breaking off negotiations with the authorities over the disputed November 21 presidential poll and would start blockading government buildings again. Ukraine European and Russian mediators will hold a second round of crisis talks in Kiev on Wednesday in a bid to resolve the political crisis gripping Ukraine, the presidency here said. Iraq The world needs to stop dwelling on the Iraq war and start focusing on making elections scheduled for January 30 a success, Iraq's deputy prime minister Barham Salih said. Iraq A US soldier and four Iraqi civilians died in a spate of attacks Tuesday, capping one of the deadliest months since the war and setting a bloody backdrop for efforts to keep landmark polls on schedule. Indonesia At least 23 people were killed and 61 injured when a passenger plane skidded off a rain-slicked runway after landing in Indonesia's Central Java province, police said. Pakistan Pakistan enacted a controversial law allowing President Pervez Musharraf to continue as chief of the army despite his earlier promise to give up the military post, officials said. Mideast The future of Israel's ruling coalition looked increasingly precarious as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon scrambled to find a majority for his budget after warning he is prepared to call elections. Sudan The African Union is to convene in Abuja, Nigeria, the fourth round of Inter-Sudanese talks on the western Sudan region of Darfur on December 10, an AU statement released here said. Cuba Cuban dissident journalist and poet Raul Rivero, who was serving a 20-year prison sentence after a March 2003 crackdown, was released, the fourth regime opponent freed on the heels of a step toward rapprochement with the European Union.