Iraq Attacks on Shiite targets in and around Baghdad killed at least 34 people, just a day after the majority community was confirmed as the new political power in Iraq for the first time in the country's history. Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the mother of one of two Indonesian journalists being held hostage in Iraq made public and emotional appeals for their safe release. Thailand Former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush toured parts of southern Thailand on the first stop of their tour of Asian nations hit by December's catastrophic tsunamis. Indonesia An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island, causing sea levels to rise and sparking fears of another tsunami, meteorologists and police said. Sudan The situation in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region is deteriorating, with millions at risk of starvation if the world community cannot agree to act soon, the UN's top relief official warned. US US President George W. Bush said talk of a US military strike on Iran's nuclear programs was "just not the truth" but expressed growing impatience with Tehran's response to Europe-led overtures. Lebanon Pressure on Syria to pull out of Lebanon intensified when nearly a third of MPs called on the pro-Damascus regime in Beirut to step down and make way for an interim government to oversee a withdrawal. Britain Britain's food safety watchdog ordered the recall of more than 350 food products, ranging from pizza to a popular brand of instant noodles, after it found a potentially cancer-causing dye. Togo Togo leader Faure Gnassingbe said presidential elections will be held within 60 days, bowing to international pressure that followed his vault into power after the death of his father two weeks ago. Polynesia A nearly two decades' reign as leader of French Polynesia came to an end for Gaston Flosse after a no confidence vote called by a party seeking independence for the Pacific territory.