Mideast The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was unloaded from an Egyptian military helicopter amid a crush of thousands of Palestinians after landing at his West Bank headquarters where he was to buried. Mideast Kings, princes and presidents from across the world paid a last tribute to Yasser Arafat at a military funeral in Cairo, the city where the founding father of the Palestinian resistance was born. Mideast The Israeli army and police were on a maximum state of alert for fear of unrest breaking out in the lead-up to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's burial in the West Bank. Iraq US marines barged house-by-house through Fallujah finding anything from corpses and weapons to hostages as they battled to secure the Iraqi rebel enclave after seizing almost total control. Iraq US marines found a Syrian driver in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah who was taken hostage with two French journalists about two months ago, a military spokeswoman said. US British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to meet with President George W. Bush to discuss new perspectives on Middle East peace in the aftermath of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death. Iran Iran has given its response to a European proposal seeking to get the Islamic republic to suspend some of its nuclear activities and is waiting for a reply on whether a deal can be struck, an Iranian press report said, quoting an official close to the negotiations with Britain, France and Germany. Ivory Coast Details of rapes and other violence began to emerge after a week of unrest in Abidjan, as thousands of expatriates continued their exodus from Ivory Coast and African leaders moved to stem a crisis that could destabilize west Africa. Sweden Sweden's highest court wrapped up its trial of the man who killed Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh last year, with prosecutors demanding that he be put away behind bars for life. Netherlands Dutch police raided a suspected Kurdish training camp in the south of the country, arresting 29 people, the national prosecutor's office said. Japan Japan summoned a top Chinese diplomat to demand an apology for the intrusion into its waters of a nuclear submarine, which set off a two-day chase at sea amid mounting tension between the Asian powers. Pakistan Thousands of Pakistani troops backed by gunship helicopters pushed into a militant stronghold near the Afghan border to clear the area of Al-Qaeda linked fighters, a top military commander said. Indonesia A succession of powerful earthquakes rocked eastern Indonesia, killing at least 16 people, injuring more than 100 others and destroying hundreds of homes, police said. Philippines At least 12 people were killed and about 160 injured when a train derailed in the dark and plunged down a slope in the Philippines, officials said.