Iraq More than 110 Iraqis were killed and 300 wounded in a three day suicide bombing blitz as justice officials lifted the curtain on the trial of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. Britain Britain's government was preparing to introduce new laws to combat terrorism following the London bombings, as police ploughed through a growing series of international leads seeking those who planned the attacks. Finland-Indonesia The Indonesian government and rebels have reached an agreement to bring peace to the troubled Aceh province and a memorandum of understanding will be formally signed next month, both sides said. Mideast Two militants were shot dead by Israeli troops, as Israel carried out a fresh air strike and threatened a wide-scale ground offensive in the Gaza Strip unless Palestinians halted rocket attacks. Pakistan-Afghanistan Pakistani forces gunned down 17 suspected militants, most of them foreigners, after surrounding their compound in the rugged tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, officials said. Turkey Suspicions in a probe into the deadly bombing of a minibus in this Turkish seaside resort have focused on Kurdish separatists, officials said, as police determined that a bomb in a waist pack hidden in the vehicle caused the blast. Mexico Powerful Hurricane Emily made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, lashing its popular resorts and beaches with 215-kilometer (135-mile) per hour winds, officials and forecasters said. EGuinea All passengers and crew aboard a Russian-built Antonov plane that crashed in flames in Equatorial Guinea shortly after takeoff from the capital Malabo were killed in the accident, national radio reported. Britain "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" shattered publishing records in the United States, selling 6.9 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale, its US publisher said.