Mideast The last Jewish settlers were being dragged kicking and screaming out of the Gaza Strip as Israel moved to end 38 years of occupation of the Palestinian territory. Iraq Three car bombs exploded in quick succession at a busy bus station in the Iraqi capital and a nearby hospital during the morning rush-hour, killing at least 43 people. Bangladesh About 350 small bombs exploded within an hour of each other across Bangladesh, killing two people and injuring more than 100 in an unprecedented attack initially linked to banned Islamic extremists. Britain British police faced acute embarrassment after leaked documents showed that a Brazilian killed on suspicion of being a suicide bomber was not trying to flee and was being overpowered when he was shot in the head at point-blank range. Indonesia Indonesia cut by more than four months the 30-month prison sentence imposed on Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for his role in the Bali bombings, sparking outrage in Australia. Britain Italy said it would extradite Hamdi Issac, a key suspect in failed bombing attacks in London, as a court in Rome granted a 35-day delay for officials to conclude their inquiries into his contacts here. Spain Abdelmajid Bouchar, a Moroccan national wanted over the deadly Madrid train bombings of March 2004, has been arrested in Belgrade, the Spanish interior ministry said. Venezuela Investigators converged on the remote Venezuelan hillside where a Colombian jetliner crashed a day earlier, killing all 152 French tourists and eight Colombian crew members on board. Afghanistan Spanish and Afghan officials said that an accident probably downed a NATO helicopter, killing all 17 troops on board, but offered different reasons varying from strong winds to a mid-air collision. Congo A Congolese court acquitted all 15 defendants in the trial over the 1999 mass murder of some 350 refugees in Brazzaville after finding them not guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. France The French-based ecumenical Taize community tried to take stock of the fatal stabbing of its popular 90-year-old founder, overshadowing a global Catholic youth festival starting in Germany.