Iraq US-led forces battled pockets of resistance by rebels in Fallujah where the military said 38 US troops and more than 1,200 insurgents had died, while fresh violence ignited in other Iraqi cities. Iran Iran's top national security official said the Islamic republic would suspend its sensitive uranium enrichment-related activities from November 22, under the terms of a deal signed with Britain, France and Germany. Iran The UN atomic agency released a report saying that two years of inspections had found no evidence Iran had diverted nuclear material for weapons activities but adding that Tehran had until October 2003 been guilty of "many breaches" of international nuclear safeguard obligations. Mideast The new Palestinian leadership was expected to play host to US Secretary of State Colin Powell next week as it grappled to prevent an unravelling of security amid the battle to succeed Yasser Arafat. Iraq The Hungarian parliament seemed set to recall the country's 300 troops from Iraq by year's end as opposition parties have vowed to block a government bid to extend their mandate to March 2005. Nigeria The Nigerian government made an 11th-hour bid to avert a general strike, ordering a temporary increase in fuel subsidies and an immediate cut in pump prices on the eve of a threatened nationwide protest. Namibia President Sam Nujoma called on Namibians to vote as he cast his ballot on the first day of elections in the southern African country that are set to hand victory to the veteran leader's hand-picked successor. South Korea South Korea's police detained about 150 public sector workers for taking part in an unprecedented illegal strike against a controversial labor reform bill, officials said. Pakistan Pakistan's powerful Islamist parties unveiled a plan to launch mass agitation to force President General Pervez Musharraf to step down as army chief by the end of next month. Afghanistan Militants threatening to kill three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan accused the Kabul administration of not being serious about saving their lives, a Pakistan-based news agency reported. Greece Greece's pre-euro public deficit exceeded a eurozone limit at the time the European Union decided to admit Athens to the single currency, the country's economy and finance minister admitted.