Mideast- Israeli settlers weeped tears of rage and defiance in the Gaza Strip as they clashed violently with security forces poised to evict them from their homes after a midnight deadline for them to leave quietly. Japan A powerful earthquake off Japan's Pacific coast injured at least 46 people, set off small tsunami waves and swayed towering buildings in the heart of Tokyo. Spain Seventeen Spanish soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed near the Afghan city of Herat, Spanish public radio reported. Iraq Iraq weighed the fallout from its failure to meet a deadline to draft a new constitution, facing warnings of fresh political turmoil if it does not complete the charter next week. Britain Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke said police have still not established a direct link between the July 7 bombings in London which killed 56 people, including four bombers, and the failed attempt on July 21 to repeat them. Indonesia Indonesia's president pledged to honour an historic agreement with separatist rebels from tsunami-hit Aceh province, urging guerrillas to do the same as troops were told to stay on alert. Greece The mystery over what caused a Cypriot airliner to crash in Greece killing 121 people deepened as it emerged that an air hostess had been in the cockpit when it went down, possibly trying to gain control after the pilots were incapacitated.