Uzbekistan Uzbekistan's hardline government dramatically increased its estimated death toll from a bloody crackdown in the eastern city of Andijan, as international pressure grew on President Islam Karimov. Russia Yukos oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky was convicted on one count of fraud but was left waiting for a verdict on 10 other counts, as the court dragged out the controversial trial of Russia's onetime richest man. Russia The sole trial of an alleged hostage-taker captured in the Beslan school siege opened in southern Russia with an emotion-charged reading of the names of the attack's 330 victims, more than half of them children. Iraq Baghdad and Tehran pledged to turn the page on nearly a quarter of a century of war and bitter rivalry during a visit here by Iran's foreign minister, who expressed support for Iraq's new Shiite-led government. Australia Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo immediate treatment, her management said, announcing the postponement of her Asian and Australian tours. Britain British Prime Minister Tony Blair embarked on his third term and final in office with controversial plans for identity cards, a scheme likely to test out his Labour Party's sharply reduced majority in parliament. Cuba Hundreds of thousands of Cubans followed President Fidel Castro in a march past the US representative office in Havana to demand that the United States extradite a militant wanted in connection with a plane bombing. Pakistan Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will seek another five-year term as head of state after his current tenure ends in 2007, the country's Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said. US Fiery British politician George Galloway vehemently denied ever receiving Iraqi oil kickbacks from Saddam Hussein's regime, as he faced down his accusers in the US Congress. NKorea Inter-Korean talks were deadlocked over the nuclear standoff after North Korea sidestepped a new proposal from South Korea to jump-start six-party talks, officials said.