Iraq Iraq's new constitution seemed headed for adoption following the country's historic vote, although election officials stressed it is too early to provide definite results. Health Romania slaughtered poultry in the zone of a feared second eruption of the lethal Asian strain of bird flu as Europe fought to contain the virus and prepared for the threat of a human pandemic. Mideast Israel froze contacts with the Palestinian Authority and imposed a set of restrictions on civilians in the West Bank following a shooting attack which killed three Jewish settlers. Quake Aid finally started reaching some of Pakistan's thousands of cold and hungry earthquake survivors as helicopters, trucks and donkeys raced to reach Himalayan villages cut off for nine days. Japan Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made another controversial visit to a Tokyo war shrine, infuriating Asian neighbors which see it as a symbol of Japan's past military aggression. Germany Germany's incoming chancellor Angela Merkel completed the line-up of a new coalition government, naming six conservative ministers to her cabinet. Russia Veteran Chechen guerrilla leader Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for a mass raid by Islamic militants in southern Russia last week, while a top official said the authorities were partly to blame for a radicalisation of Muslim youth in the region. UN Hunger is the world's "best weapon of mass destruction," killing millions of people every year, an impassioned Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told a gathering of world leaders in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the UN food agency. Argentina At least 32 inmates died in a prison riot and subsequent fire that officials called one of the most tragic in Argentine history. China China's second manned space flight ended successfully as the Shenzhou VI craft returned to Earth, prompting patriotic celebrations and plans for an ambitious new mission in 2007. Malawi Malawi's parliament opened a debate on impeachment procedures, the first concrete step in moves to oust President Bingu wa Mutharika for allegedly violating the constitution.