Iraq A defiant Saddam Hussein pleaded not guilty to charges of crimes against humanity, refusing to recognise the court on the first day of a trial that could see him sentenced to death. Iraq The trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity was adjourned to November 28. Health Romania confirmed a second case of the deadly Asian bird flu virus, while Moscow said a suspected new case had broken out in poultry in Russia, fanning fears that the lethal virus is spreading in Europe with potentially catastrophic consequences. Health China announced its first reported outbreak of bird flu in more than two months, saying the disease had killed 2,600 birds, mostly chickens, on a farm in its northern Inner Mongolia region. US -weather-storm-Wilma-record MIAMI: Hurricane Wilma, which swelled into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm, is the strongest hurricane ever recorded, the US National Hurricane Center said. Quake Kashmiris waited eagerly for Pakistan and India to open the territory's disputed frontier after this month's devastating quake, as aftershocks rattled traumatized survivors and Pakistan raised the known death toll to 47,700. Spain A Spanish judge issued an arrest warrant for three US soldiers suspected of involvement in the April 2003 shelling of a Baghdad hotel in which Spanish cameraman Jose Couso was killed, a legal source said. Indonesia Indonesian police said they had arrested two more men in connection with their probe into this month's suicide bombings on the resort island of Bali. China China and the United States agreed to improve military ties after US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that a rapid and secretive military buildup was sending "mixed signals" about China's intentions, US officials said. Russia Russia's navy said that two Norwegian fisheries inspectors taken captive aboard a trawler that fled into Russian waters in the Barents Sea would be handed back to Norway. WTO EU trade chief Peter Mandelson, fighting off criticism of his handling of farm trade talks, was to look for common ground with other major WTO players to push negotiations forward. Ethiopia Ethiopian police said they have arrested 34 members and supporters of the country's main opposition party on weapons charges amid government claims the group is attempting to foment a coup.