Iraq Thirty-two Iraqi youngsters, most younger than 15 years old, were killed when a suicide car bomber blew himself up near US soldiers as they handed out chocolates in a Baghdad neighbourhood. Britain Britain was set to fall silent for two minutes to remember the victims of the London suicide bombings a week ago, as police stepped up their hunt for the planners of the deadly attack. Britain British police have identified the man thought to be the mastermind behind last week's bombings in London in which at least 52 people died, a report said. Britain Hundreds of police swept into Islamic communities across Italy, raiding homes and questioning hundreds of people while seizing material in several cities a day after the government announced a crackdown on Islamic extremism. Mideast Hundreds of Jewish settlers, enraged by the Israel government's closure of the Gaza settlements ahead of this summer's evacuation, were forcibly removed from the main Kissufim crossing after clashing with police and soldiers. US NASA called off Wednesday's Discovery liftoff after detecting a fuel sensor problem, saying Saturday would be the earliest date for a launch of the first space shuttle since the 2003 Columbia disaster. Kenya President Mwai Kibaki appealed for calm after at least 76 people, including 26 children, were killed in brutal attacks in northeastern Kenya in what is believed to be the country's worst ever episode of inter-clan violence. NKorea North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il told China he was looking forward to "positive progress" in six-party talks on the Stalinist state's nuclear weapons program, state media reported. Philippines Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to call on Philippine President Gloria Arroyo to resign over charges that she rigged last year's election. Finland Peace talks between Indonesian officials and Aceh separatists stumbled slightly over the thorny issue of political participation, dampening hopes that their decades-long conflict would soon be over.