Syria Syria was to start redeploying its troops in Lebanon after a meeting between their two presidents in Damascus on Monday in the hope of easing strong international pressure for a full withdrawal. United States Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's pledge to redeploy troops in Lebanon divided world opinion, with some leaders describing the move as a welcome first step but the United States leading complaints it was not enough. Mideast Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs met in the first moves to break the ice in contacts frozen last month by a suicide attack in Tel Aviv. Italy The Italian journalist wounded by US troops shortly after the end of her month-long kidnap ordeal fanned a growing diplomatic rift between Rome and Washington by suggesting the US soldiers deliberately tried to kill her. France Less than three months before a referendum on whether to adopt the EU constitution, a survey showed 42 percent of French voters are preparing to vote 'no' and their number is rising. Iraq Iraq's new parliament will hold its first session in 10 days, more than a month after the country's historic vote, top officials in the Kurdish and Shiite blocs negotiating a governing coalition said. Iran Iranian officials strongly criticised the European Union for lacking "seriousness" in negotiations aimed at securing guarantees the Islamic republic will not acquire nuclear weapons. Britain Nearly 200 trained Al-Qaeda terrorists are on the loose in Britain, the former head of London's Metropolitan Police said, in an alarming twist to a heated debate over controversial new anti-terrorist legislation. Moldova Moldova's Communist party, which recently reoriented itself away from Moscow towards the West, retained its dominant position after parliamentary elections, according to an independent exit poll. Ireland Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, ended its annual conference with a strong appeal for the alleged IRA killers of a Catholic in Belfast to give themselves up.