Mideast At least 10 Israeli soldiers were wounded after a large explosion Sunday in a tunnel dug by Palestinian militants near the Rafah border crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt, military sources said. US Ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and 11 top leaders of his regime awaiting trial for crimes against humanity have gone on hunger strike in their US detention centre, one of their lawyers said. Philippines At least 14 people were killed and 59 others injured in a bomb attack in a public market in the southern Philippines, the military said. Ukraine Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said he was not ready to blame the ruling elite with trying to poison him after doctors confirmed he was disfigured after ingesting a massive dose of a deadly toxin. Iraq Insurgents shot dead an Iraqi police officer in the latest of a spate of deadly weekend attacks on security forces across Iraq, as the number of US troops killed while trying to impose order ahead of next month's landmark elections continued to rise. Myanmar At least two Myanmar dissidents were among thousands of prisoners freed after the military government announced it had begun releasing more than 5,000 detainees in a third mass release in less than a month, relatives and officials said. Mideast Israel looked poised for a new coalition government within a week as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began talks with ultra-Orthodox parties alongside negotiations with the main opposition Labour faction. Kuwait PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas apologized to Kuwait for the organization's pro-Baghdad stand during Iraq's 1990 invasion of the emirate, at the start of a landmark visit aimed at healing a 14-year rift. Romania Romanians voted for a new president to lead them into the European Union in a run-off round pitting Prime Minister Adrian Nastase against Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu. Iran Iran warned that it is not prepared to permanently freeze its controversial nuclear fuel work and that it expected quick results from crucial talks with Britain, France and Germany.