Iraq Three Polish soldiers were killed and four others injured in a helicopter accident near Baghdad as Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan accused Iran of orchestrating terrorist attacks in his country, calling Tehran the "most dangerous enemy of Iraq". Greece Two more hostages have been released by two men who hijacked a Greek bus with 25 passengers in an Athens suburb and were reportedly demanding one million euros in ransom and to be flown to Russia. DRCongo Fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo army and armed men resumed near the eastern town of Kanyabayonga, an AFP journalist said, while UN officials in Kinshasa reported an attempted incursion from neighbouring Rwanda. Mideast Palestinian hardliners rejected a call by new PLO chief Mahmud Abbas to lay down their weapons as a spiralling death toll in Gaza threatened to undermine his efforts to bring calm to the region. Mideast Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom called for a new international summit to relaunch the Middle East peace process as he detected a wind of change blowing through the region. EU The European Union sought to keep pressure on Turkey over its bid to start talks on joining the bloc, as last-minute haggling seemed set to go down to the wire at a summit poised to give a green light to Ankara. Afghanistan A Turkish engineer taken hostage with a driver and interpreter in Afghanistan was killed by kidnappers who had been cornered by police, officials said. Ukraine Ukraine's pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich vowed that tens of thousands of his supporters were ready to come to Kiev if his Western-leaning opposition rival won a rerun presidential vote on December 26. Mozambique Mozambique's ruling party and its presidential candidate, Armando Guebuza, have secured a landslide victory in polls to choose a successor to veteran leader Joaquim Chissano amid opposition outrage and demands for new elections. Pakistan India and Pakistan held the first talks on conventional weapons during their current peace dialogue, a day after the rivals discussed reducing the risk of nuclear war. Australia The Australian government warned that it had received specific intelligence suggesting an imminent attack by extremists in Indonesia, possibly targeting a Hilton hotel.