Iraq Iraqi judges questioned one of Saddam Hussein's most infamous lieutenants here as they began investigative hearings of top officials of his ousted regime. Chile Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet suffered a stroke and was hospitalized, just two days before an appeals court ruling on whether to uphold his indictment and arrest for crimes committed during his 17-year rule. Mideast Israel's prime minister and Labour party prepared to form a new coalition government to secure Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate the Gaza Strip, where 11 Palestinians died in the deadliest Israeli incursion in weeks. Sudan Sudan threw the African Union's plan to restore peace to Darfur into turmoil, engaging in a fresh battle with rebel forces and defying an international demand that it halt its offensive, officials said. EU About 4,000 people gathered in sub-zero weather to welcome back Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, flush with success after having obtained a starting date from the EU for talks that will hopefully lead his country to membership in the European club. Congo Concerned about growing tension in the tinderbox eastern forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo, central African defense ministers set up a new military command for the region and called for respect for national frontiers. UN Participants at a UN climate change conference agreed to hold informal international talks in Bonn in May on future efforts to fight global warming. Britain Hundreds of Sikhs tried to storm a theatre in the central English city of Birmingham, halting a play they say mocks their religion and slightly injuring five police officers in the melee, police said.