US A US presidential commission said that US intelligence agencies were "dead wrong" in pre-war assessments of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and still know woefully little about US enemies. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe predicted a landslide victory for his ruling party in elections that the opposition in Zimbabwe charged were not free and fair despite a campaign that broke away from the political violence of the past five years. US Terri Schiavo, the severely brain damaged woman at the centre of an acrimonious right-to-die controversy that even drew in the US president, died 13 days after her feeding tube was cut off. US The World Bank was expected to appoint Paul Wolfowitz as its 10th president, but the US deputy defence secretary still has far to go to disarm his army of critics. Indonesia Rescuers worked through powerful aftershocks to pull earthquake survivors from the rubble on Indonesia's Nias island, as efforts to bring vital aid were beset by bad weather and logistical foul-ups. Bulgaria Bulgaria's government said it would propose to parliament that it withdraw its contingent of around 500 troops from Iraq before the end of the year, a spokesman said. Iraq Two car bombs killed at least 10 Iraqis near Shiite shrines as the community marked a major religious festival and a US citizen and three Romanian journalists were shown being held hostage in the violence-plagued country. Vatican Pope John Paul II has lost 19 kilogrammes (42 pounds) in a few weeks and there is great concern over his chances of recovery, a Vatican source said as Church opinion-makers questioned whether he should carry on appearing in public. NKorea The international community should consider tougher action against North Korea if Pyongyang fails to make progress soon on massive human rights abuse and its nuclear weapons programme, a British government official said. China Delegates from Taiwan's main opposition party who are paying an historic visit to China secured an invitation for their leader to visit the mainland, but faced growing criticism from political rivals at home.