Syria-Lebanon Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under intense international pressure over Lebanon, agreed to a withdrawal of all military and intelligence personnel from the country, a UN envoy said. Mideast The militant Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas announced it would end a long-standing boycott and take part in Palestinian legislative elections in July. Iraq Iraqi captors indefinitely postponed their threatened execution of a Filipino hostage amid efforts to free other foreigners held in the violence-torn country. China China's legislature approved Chinese President Hu Jintao as the country's official military chief, state media said, marking the final step in China's first bloodless leadership transition. Britain Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke signed control orders to restrict the movements of 10 "terrorism" suspects under legislation passed in an epic overnight battle this week between the two houses of parliament. US Authorities arrested the suspect in the Atlanta courthouse rampage that left a judge and two others dead, police said after a 26-hour manhunt in which they found a fourth fatal victim. Portugal Portugal's first-ever majority Socialist government was sworn in on before President Jorge Sampaio, less than a month after a snap election ended nearly three years of centre-right rule. Chile-Argentina A fugitive ex Nazi, Paul Schaefer, was expelled from Argentina to Chile where he has been sought for eight years and charged in absentia for child abuse, official sources said. Australia A tropical cyclone packing winds of up to 290 kilometres (180 miles) an hour was Sunday approaching the northern city of Darwin where it was forecast to hit later in the day, meteorologists said. US-Afghanistan Two Afghan prisoners who died in US custody in December 2002 were killed by US soldiers who chained them in standing positions and beat them, Human Rights Watch said, citing US Army investigative reports.