Sudan UN chief Kofi Annan called for a speedy conclusion to talks to end Sudan's main civil war, telling the Security Council in Nairobi this would help reverse a worsening crisis in the western region of Darfur. Britain French President Jacques Chirac was to begin a two-day visit to Britain for an annual Anglo-French summit with the issue of Iraq still hanging over relations between the two European powers. Iraq Four people were killed in bomb attacks in Iraq and US forces shelled rebel holdouts in the restive city of Fallujah, as differences over Iraq moved back into the spotlight at an Anglo-French summit. UN Russia was due to formally hand over its accession papers on the Kyoto protocol to the UN in Nairobi, ensuring the pact for developed countries to combat global warming becomes a full treaty in mid-February, UN sources said. EU European Union (EU) lawmakers gathered for a vote widely expected to appove the bloc's new executive arm, ending three weeks of institutional limbo for the expanding bloc. India Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh began the final day of a peace offensive in revolt-hit Kashmir reviewing security with military and civilian leaders. Mideast Three Egyptian policemen were killed overnight by Israeli tank fire on the tense border between Egyptian and the Gaza Strip when they were mistaken for Palestinian arms smugglers, officials said. Afghanistan The United Nations renewed an appeal for the safe release of three UN workers taken hostage in Afghanistan by a shadowy group of Islamic militants.