Britain Police investigating the London bombings confronted doubts in Egypt on about whether an Egyptian biochemist, arrested in Cairo during a visit from Britain, was involved in the plot. Britain The family of one of the London bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan, expressed "deepest and heartfelt sympathy" to the victims, and said their son must have been "brainwashed". Turkey At least four people were killed and 14 injured in a blast on a minibus in the resort of Kusadasi on Turkey's Aegean coast, which is popular with foreign tourists, a local official said. Iraq Three British soldiers were among seven people killed in Iraq as insurgents pressed their campaign of violence a day after at least 28 people died in no fewer than 12 suicide bombings. Britain Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling unveiled the latest adventure in the boy wizard series to the ecstatic delight of millions of fans worldwide who look set to conjure up record-breaking sales. Britain At the chime of midnight (0400 GMT), the US edition of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" went on sale, with thousands of bookstores open late for the largest book launch in publishing history. Iraq A former general in Saddam Hussein's army and his son were found shot dead in Baghdad after being detained by police commandos, an interior ministry official told AFP, raising new question marks over the discipline of the elite force. Caribbean Hurricane Emily gathered strength as it barreled toward storm-weary Jamaica on a track that could send it over the Mexican resort of Cancun and the US-Mexican border. Mideast Israeli troops arrested 26 wanted members of Islamist movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank overnight, shortly after deadly air strikes killed six Hamas militants, an army spokeswoman said. Taiwan Members of Taiwan's main opposition party voted for a new leader, with hopes high the successful challenger will reinvigorate the party after its last two election defeats and return it to power. Russia A military helicopter carrying four people crashed in Russia's rebellious Chechen republic, the Interfax news agency cited an airforce spokesman as saying.