SriLanka Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency after the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar in an attack denied by Tamil Tiger rebels that could jeopardize the island's peace process. Britain British Airways said it would operate 85 percent of its medium-haul flights and 80 percent of long-haul journeys as it returned to normal following a devastating strike that grounded over 70,000 passengers since Thursday. Iraq Iraq's new draft constitution will be ready by Sunday, one day ahead of schedule, President Jalal Talabani told reporters. Iraq Insurgents killed nine people including six Iraqi soldiers in a series of attacks across the country, security and ministry officials said. US The Pentagon moved forcefully to block the release of new video evidence of prisoner abuse at Iraq's ill-fated Abu Ghraib prison, arguing it would help recruit new Islamist insurgents and endanger American lives. Mideast Israel stepped up security at Jerusalem's holiest site to prevent clashes between Muslim worshippers and Jewish extremists opposed to the imminent evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements. Mideast Palestinian security forces deployed in the Gaza Strip as part of Israel's pullout operation, taking up positions they had been forced to abandon almost five years ago at the start of the intifada. Zimbabwe US envoy Tony Hall was barred from visiting a settlement for Zimbabweans displaced during a government demolitions campaign as Washington got behind a major food aid plan for Zimbabwe. Indonesia Indonesian ministers and other officials headed for Finland to sign an agreement with separatist rebels to end decades of bloodshed in tsunami-hit Aceh province. Russia Pre-election tensions in Poland are fostering anti-Russian sentiment and creating a political atmosphere between the two Soviet-era allies that allowed the recent beatings of Poles in Moscow and Russians in Warsaw, the Russian foreign ministry said. India At least 130 people have died from water-borne illnesses in India's financial capital Mumbai and surrounding areas following a week-long deluge of rain, officials said.