Spain Church bells tolled across Madrid and political and civic leaders stood in quiet reflection as Spain marked the first anniversary of the train bombings which killed 191 people, the country's worst-ever terrorist attack. Iraq Plans for a public funeral for 47 people killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq's northern city of Mosul were cancelled after a mortar shell hit the site, with the families not wanting another calamity in the country's bloody catalogue of insurgent violence. Hong Kong Hong Kong faced a new era of political uncertainty following the resignation of leader Tung Chee-hwa, as a row loomed over how his replacement is chosen and pro-democracy protests planned. Lebanon Syrian troops packed up and withdrew from positions near a strategic pass overlooking Beirut on the fourth day of a redeployment toward eastern Lebanon and the Syrian border, witnesses said. Mideast After months of hesitation, Israel finally appeared ready to hand over security control in a flashpoint buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border to Egyptian troops, and to withdraw from the area as part of a broader Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip later this year. Britain Britain's parliament remained utterly deadlocked over the imposition of controversial new anti-terrorism laws, despite a near-unprecedented 18-hour debate lasting throughout the night. Philippines Philippine authorities opened a criminal investigation after at least 27 schoolchildren died in a mass food-poisoning in the central island of Bohol. Kenya Kenyan authorities are investigating a number of cabinet ministers over corruption allegations, officials said, amid furious foreign criticism of the government on graft. Vietnam Vietnamese Agent Orange victims angrily condemned the dismissal by a US court of their lawsuit accusing a string of US chemical firms of crimes against humanity, and pledged to continue their legal battle.