Indonesia A global push to reach survivors of Asia's tsunami faltered after a plane accident in Indonesia and heavy rain in Sri Lanka with the United Nations warning that the death toll from the disaster could rise by tens of thousands. Asia US Secretary of State Colin Powell got a first-hand look at damage from last week's Asian tsunami disaster and expressed confidence his country's relief efforts would boost its battered image in the Muslim world. Britain Britain, the current chair of the G8 group of industrialised nations, unveiled a proposal to freeze immediately about three billion dollars in annual debt repayments from countries hit by the tsunami disaster. IndonesiaThe chaotic operation to help Indonesia's tsunami survivors stalled temporarily after a plane crash blocked the relief effort's main airport. UN The World Health Organisation put at 500,000 the number of people believed to have been injured in the Indian Ocean tidal waves and warned of a "health disaster" if survivors are not given quick access to clean drinking water. SriLanka Heavy rains slowed relief operations in Sri Lanka's worst affected region as international aid piled up while doctors warned tsunami survivors were beginning to crack under the stress of their trauma. India Ships scoured the seas for thousands of bodies still missing in the tsunami-hit Andamans as India refused offers of foreign aid for the ravaged islands amid a mounting clamor for relief among survivors. Iraq Rebels took their battle to the heart of Iraq's political and security apparatus, assassinating Baghdad's governor and bombing an elite commando base in another day of bloodshed that left 39 dead. Mideast Israeli troops killed eight Palestinians as they intensified a campaign against rocket attacks, prompting a furious denunciation of the "Zionist enemy" by presidential election favourite Mahmud Abbas. Chile Chile's Supreme Court upheld an indictment of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, ruling to keep him under house arrest for murder and kidnapping charges related to Operation Condor, a 1970s-era conspiracy of South American dictatorships to kill opponents.