Iran Iran rejected a broad package of trade and technology incentives offered by the European Union if it agreed to abandon nuclear fuel work, a move that risks an international crisis. Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair announced a sweeping range of new powers to combat terrorism following the London bombings, warning hardline clerics in the country that "the rules of the game are changing". Iraq A crucial meeting on Iraq's constitutional stalemate was put off by an emergency session of the Kurdish autonomous parliament as sustained rebel attacks left 10 people dead. Sudan Uganda's president said the helicopter crash that killed Sudanese vice president John Garang may not have been an accident, dropping a bombshell on thousands mourning the death of the ex-rebel leader in south Sudan. Russia A tugboat has attached a cable to a Russian mini-submarine trapped on the seabed off Russia's Pacific coast and was set to tow it to shallow waters, Russian state television said. Mideast Israeli Arabs vented their anger at what they called a culture of racism as they paid their last respects to four victims mown down by a Jewish gunman seeking to scupper the Gaza Strip pullout. NKorea North Korea and the United States failed to make headway in marathon disarmament talks after the Stalinist state insisted it must retain the right to operate nuclear programs for peaceful purposes. US The space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts were readying to undock from the International Space Station after NASA gave a green light to return to Earth and end the first shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster. India Villages in western and southern India were evacuated with at least 222,000 people moved to higher ground as waters released from near-bursting dams flooded vast rural tracts, officials said. Indonesia Indonesia: US mining giant Newmont went on trial in a high-profile legal battle over charges its Indonesian unit dumped toxic waste and polluted a bay near its mine, causing health problems to residents.