Iraq Iraqi election officials were verifying ballots from the historic referendum on the country's new constitution after the discovery of "anomalies" in the vote. Health The European Union sought to allay rising public fears of a flu pandemic, as a suspected bird flu case surfaced in Greece after the lethal Asian strain was found in Turkey and Romania. HealthThe Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said that it was now ready to allow other companies or governments to produce Tamiflu, a drug considered a first line of defence against a potential flu pandemic. SAsia Pakistan launched a major push in its race to reach survivors 10 days after a huge quake, but the UN warned there were not enough tents in the world to protect refugees from the coming winter. Japan Some 100 Japanese lawmakers paid a mass visit to a Tokyo war shrine, with Asian nations still fuming over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's trip there the previous day. Japan China called off Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura's visit to Beijing, one day after Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's controversial visit to a war shrine. EU EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said that he hoped EU foreign ministers meeting here would give their backing for his mandate to negotiate in world trade talks in Europe's name. China The world is watching to see whether China will chart a path toward a more open society, and wondering why it is concealing the pace of its military spending, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. Thailand Thailand extended emergency rule in its three mainly Muslim southern provinces by another three months, as the death toll nears 1,000 in nearly 22 months of unrest. SAsia Islamist guerrillas gunned down Indian Kashmir's junior education minister and two policemen in an attack at his fortified home in the main city Srinagar, authorities said.