Iran The UN's nuclear watchdog was due to hold an emergency session after Iran controversially resumed sensitive nuclear fuel work, but it was not expected to refer the case to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, diplomats said. US The Space Shuttle Discovery has been cleared to land at California's Edwards Air Force Base after weather thwarted its planned landing in Florida, NASA officials said. Mideast Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and settlers from Gaza to take place in a peaceful atmosphere to show that the Palestinians deserve their independence. Mideast Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said that legislative elections that had initially been slated for last month would take place in January 2006. WWII-history With a minute of silent prayer, Nagasaki marked 60 years since it was levelled by a US atomic bomb, in an attack that brought Japan to its knees and signalled the end of World War II. US-UN-Iraq An independent panel accused the ex-head of the UN oil-for-food program for Iraq of corruption and said questions remained about UN chief Kofi Annan's knowledge of the scandal, which has tarnished the world body. Japan Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi vowed to purge opponents of his reforms before next month's polls despite warnings he could cause his party to implode and usher in a historic opposition victory. China The number of miners feared dead after an illegal coal mine was flooded in southern China could be higher than the 102 previously reported, officials warned, saying managers fled and left no records. Britain Radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, who faces the prospect of treason charges in Britain, said he intends to return to London from a holiday in Lebanon, if the British government lets him. Iraq Ten Iraqi policemen were shot dead in a spate of attacks in Baghdad and Baquba, north of the capital, security officials said. Mauritania African Union ministers were set to hold talks in Mauritania with the new military junta which seized power last week in a bloodless coup, as support for ousted president Maaouiya Ould Taya waned.