Iran Iran resumed ultra-sensitive nuclear work at its uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, a senior nuclear official said, a move that risks an international crisis. Japan Japan's lower house of parliament was dissolved for an early election after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's key reform of privatizing the post office was rejected, Speaker Yohei Kono announced. India India and Pakistan, striving to end decades of hostility, agreed on seven steps to reduce military tension, including a ban on the building of new army posts along their frontier in divided Kashmir. US <a class="textLink" href="https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/tematy-nasa,gsbi,1472" title="NASA" target="_blank">NASA</a> ordered Discovery to spend a nervewracking extra day in orbit after bad weather forced the postponement of a scheduled return of the first US shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster. Britain Three alleged bombers at the heart of the botched July 21 terror attacks in London were remanded in custody after being formally charged with attempted murder. Britain A Briton deported from Zambia and wanted by US authorities over conspiracy to set up a terror training camp was remanded in custody in London until August 11, officials said. Iraq Insurgent attacks across Iraq killed eight people, security officials said, in an ongoing onslaught mainly targeting the country's fledgling security forces. Iraq A massive sandstorm derailed a crucial meeting of Iraqi leaders called to break the constitutional deadlock with just a week left to meet a deadline on writing the new charter. Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stiffened his resolve to push ahead with the Gaza Strip pullout after the resignation of his chief rival as polls showed public support for the evacuation holding up. Mideast Palestinian security forces freed three United Nations workers after they had been kidnapped by masked gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip, security sources said. China A suicide bomber was killed and 31 people injured after a home-made device was detonated on a bus in southeastern China, state media reported. China Four Chinese airlines signed contracts worth 5.04 billion dollars to buy 42 of Boeing's new-generation 787 planes, the first firm orders for the jet from China with more on the way, officials said.