Spain Traffic came to a halt and people stood still on Madrid sidewalks as Spain showed its grief, solidarity and anger on the one-year anniversary of the March 11 train bombings that ranked as the country's worst-ever terrorist attack. Britain British Prime Minister Tony Blair denounced lawmakers who were blocking his anti-terrorism bill as "grossly irresponsible" as he went on national television in a bid to break the deadlock in parliament. Iraq Iraq's religious leaders called for calm amid fears of revenge attacks a day after a suicide bomber killed 47 Iraqis and wounded more than 80 in a packed Shiite funeral tent in Mosul. Lebanon-Syria Syrian forces ended a nearly 30-year presence in north Lebanon but the pro-Syrian government in Beirut remained under pressure to secure their withdrawal from every inch of Lebanese territory. Africa British Prime Minister Tony Blair threw his weight behind an ambitious campaign to double aid to Africa with an extra 25 billion dollars (19 billion euros) yearly, denouncing the "obscenity" of misery on the continent. HongKong-China Hong Kong faced a new era of political uncertainty following the resignation of leader Tung Chee-hwa, with a row looming over how his replacement is chosen and pro-democracy protests planned. Britain A British judge granted bail to a total of eight foreign terrorism suspects, including Muslim cleric Abu Qatada who has been dubbed Al-Qaeda's "spiritual head" in Europe. US A man on trial for rape grabbed a deputy's gun and shot dead a judge and two other officials in an Atlanta courtroom before seizing a car at gunpoint to flee, witnesses and reports said. Mideast Thousands of members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas and rival Islamic Jihad rallied in the Gaza Strip, sending a message to Israel that only it could bring a halt to anti-Israeli attacks. DRCongo The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) launched a new military ground and air operation to combat militia activity in the northeastern Ituri region, a UN spokesman said here.