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. US British parliament member George Galloway turned the tables on US lawmakers alleging he pocketed Iraqi oil kickbacks, and accused the United States of unparalleled corruption and waste in Iraq. Russia A Russian court was set to resume delivering its verdict on 10 remaining counts of fraud and tax evasion against Yukos oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky after finding him guilty a day earlier on one fraud charge. Nepal At least 50 Maoists and nine security personnel were killed in a major clash between the two sides in southeastern Nepal, a state-run daily reported. NKorea-SKorea South and North Korea extended senior-level talks over the North's nuclear program after a two-day meeting ended in stalemate over whether Pyongyang would return to six-way negotiations. Bangladesh Efforts to find the bodies of scores of passengers feared drowned in Bangladesh's second ferry sinking in three days were put on hold due to strong currents, as thousands of people gathered at the scene, desperate for news of missing relatives. China Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai accused the United States and the European Union of "unfair" and "protectionist" actions to counter China's booming textile exports. 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. Mideast A Palestinian militant was killed in an exchange of gunfire overnight with Israeli soldiers in the southern West Bank city of Rafah, Palestinian security sources said. US-Cuba US authorities detained a bitter opponent of Cuban leader Fidel Castro who is wanted for plane and hotel bombings in Latin America and who had been seeking asylum in the United States, officials said. Iraq-Australia An Australian Muslim leader has raised hopes that Islamic militants in Iraq could soon free Australian hostage Douglas Wood, saying he has received the news in a phone call from an unidentified man claiming to represent the kidnappers. US-Iraq A US military policewoman behind some of the most ghastly photographs from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison has been sentenced to six months in jail for her role in the abuse, a military jury ruled. 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.