US Receding floodwaters in New Orleans yielded more grim discoveries, as 30 bodies were reportedly found in a nursing home and officials said 25,000 body bags had been sent to the disaster zone. Ukraine Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko dismissed his government in a bid to quash a deepening corruption scandal that has cast a shadow on the integrity of the "orange revolution" leader's administration. Iraq Iraqi politicians have still not finalised the country's draft charter, a UN official said, adding the world body would now wait for an amended text to be approved in parliament before printing the document. Egypt Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looked set for an overwhelming victory as rivals and independent monitors complained of widespread fraud in the country's first ever contested presidential election. Germany Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Berlin just 10 days before the German general election to oversee the signing of an agreement to build a multi-billion-dollar pipeline linking Russia with western Europe. Mideast Israel sealed off the main crossing out of the Gaza Strip as the army awaited final orders to leave the territory it has occupied for the past 38 years. Mideast Mystery over the cause of Yasser Arafat's death took a new twist with the emergence of medical reports which failed to pinpoint a precise cause for the Palestinian leader's demise. India The death toll from an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in northern India rose to at least 590 and one volunteer said a baby was dying every hour in the worst-hit district. Canada China's President Hu Jintao started his first visit to North America since becoming his country's supreme leader and which is likely to see him pressed over trade and China's huge pollution output. Rwanda A Belgian priest arrested this week on suspicion of involvement in Rwanda's 1994 genocide will face crimes against humanity charges before a village tribunal, judicial officials said. Somalia Foreign staff of international aid agencies, including some UN employees, have been evacuated from the disputed seat of lawless Somalia's transitional government amid security fears, UN and Somali officials said. SriLanka A woman was killed and 62 passengers injured in a stampede after a bomb scare aboard a Saudi jumbo jet which was about to take off from Sri Lanka's only international airport, officials said.