Japan Thousands marched in violent anti-Japanese rallies across China as Beijing said relations with its neighbour were at a "crossroads", while Japan demanded China rein in those attacking Japanese interests. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered one of the sharpest ever US attacks on the United Nations, saying the world body "cannot survive as a vital force in international politics" without reform. Ecuador Ecuadoran President Lucio Gutierrez declared a state of emergency in the capital and suspended the country's Supreme Court after mass protests against judicial reforms saw thousands take to the streets banging pans and demanding the president's resignation. Lebanon Pro-Syrian Nagib Miqati was named Lebanon's new prime minister and vowed to form a cabinet to oversee elections and promote national unity to pull the country out of a deep political crisis. Iraq Iraqi Shiites were fleeing the town of Al-Madain south of Baghdad after gunmen rounded up more than 80 residents and threatened to kill them. Iran Fierce fighting has flared between ethnic Arabs and Iranian security forces in a province bordering Iraq, media reports said, with some saying three Arabs were killed, many more injured and as many as 250 arrested. Italy Embattled Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threatened to press for early elections if he fails to put together a new coalition after four ministers and two parties withdrew from his center-right government. France The death toll at a central Paris hotel fire reached 21, including 10 children, after the body of a woman was retrieved from the charred rubble of the building, occupied mainly by immigrant families. Vatican The traditional nine-day mourning period for the late John Paul II was to come to an end, two days before Roman Catholic cardinals begin an ultra-secret conclave where his successor is to be elected.