Japan Japan's foreign minister said he would demand China end what Tokyo believes is official backing for mass anti-Japanese protests, as Chinese activists urged even bigger rallies this weekend. Iraq Two suicide car bombs killed 11 people in an attack on a police highway patrol in Baghdad, one of the deadliest strikes on the capital since Iraq's elections more than 10 weeks ago. US Laboratories worldwide scrambled to destroy samples of a lethal flu strain that killed up to four million people in the late 1950s and whose distribution by a US company sparked a World Health Organization alert. Britain An Algerian suspected of being linked to the extremist Al-Qaeda network and who killed a policeman during his arrest was sentenced to 17 years in prison for planning attacks involving ricin and other poisons, in one of the largest British anti-terror operations ever mounted. Czech The Czech Republic's three-party governing coalition agreed on the hotly disputed formation of a new cabinet, resolving a drawn-out political crisis, Prime Minister Stanislav Gross announced. Kyrgyzstan US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Kyrgyzstan for talks with the new leadership over continued American use of a military base in the Central Asian country. Indonesia Indonesian scientists placed eleven volcanoes under close watch after a series of powerful quakes awoke intense subterranean forces and increased the chances of a major eruption as tens of thousands spent a third night in temporary camps on Sumatra island. Vatican Conservative German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger emerged as a frontrunner in the race to find John Paul II's successor as thousands of pilgrims flocked to pay their respects at the tomb of the late pope, open to the public for the first time since his burial. EU EU lawmakers at the European Parliament gave the green light for Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the bloc, paving the way for the necessary treaties to be signed as scheduled on April 25. US Sports equipment giant Nike Inc. has published a detailed list of more than 700 factories it uses worldwide -- more than half in Asia -- to counter allegations it accepts poor labor standards. AFPLifestyle US pop princess Britney Spears confirmed that she is pregnant with her first child, ending weeks of frenzied speculation over whether she was launching a new career as a mother.