Iraq Forty-seven Iraqis were killed and more than 80 wounded in a suicide bombing at a Shiite funeral in Mosul, hospitals said, as the frontrunners in last month's elections raced to finalise a deal on a new governing coalition. Hong Kong Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa resigned, citing health reasons for cutting short an eight-year tenure plagued by economic recession, policy blunders and unease over China's interference. Pakistan Pakistan's disgraced nuclear hero Abdul Qadeer Khan provided Iran with centrifuges but the government was in no way involved in the deal, a cabinet minister said. Lebanon Veteran political figure Omar Karameh returned as Lebanon's prime minister but his appeal for a national unity government sparked immediate resistance from the anti-Syrian opposition. Kosovo Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj faces 37 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, among them rape and murder, according to the indictment the UN war crimes court published. Russia Chechen rebels said that a little-known religious leader would succeed longtime chief Aslan Maskhadov, as separatists in the war-torn Russian province regrouped following his slaying and vowed to fight on. Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was set to name Thailand's first elected single-party government, with reports saying he would move the foreign and health ministers from posts they held for the last four years. Spain Spain began an official day of mourning and nationwide commemorations to mark the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people in the country's worst ever terrorist attack. Britain Britain's government faced chaos over its anti-terrorist policy as a bitter parliamentary debate about new laws dragged through the night and a series of terror suspects -- including an alleged key Al-Qaeda figure -prepared to be freed. Chile A former German Nazi soldier turned Chilean sect leader was arrested on charges of pedophilia and committing torture during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Spain Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion who is still considered the world's greatest player, announced that he was retiring from the professional game.