Nepal King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's coalition government and took charge of administering the country which is battling a Maoist revolt, as political leaders accused him of staging a coup. UN A UN report on Sudan's troubled Darfur region concludes that the Sudanese government was guilty of gross human rights violations there, but stopped short of labelling the violence as genocide. Iraq US troops opened fire to quell a riot at a military run prison in southern Iraq, killing four inmates and wounding six, US military authorities said. Iraq The final count of votes cast in Iraq's election began, while the group of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said it would pursue its war against the US occupation. Iraq An investigation was underway into the causes of a crash by a British military transport plane in Iraq which killed 10 people, in Britain's biggest single loss since the invasion of Iraq. Sudan The Sudanese parliament unanimously ratified a peace deal with southern rebels that the government signed last month to end two decades of civil war. Mideast Palestinians were given clearance to cross into Egypt from the southern Gaza Strip for the first time in more than seven weeks, witnesses said. Asia The UN World Tourism Organisation opened its first-ever emergency session on tsunami-hit Phuket island in Thailand with a call for action to ensure a prompt recovery in the industry. US A US federal judge ruled that military tribunals for international terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay Naval base are unconstitutional, leaving in doubt the fate of hundreds of detainees at the US-run detention center in Cuba. Malaysia Malaysia has delayed a major crackdown on illegal immigrants apparently at the request of Indonesia, the Philippines and the United Nations, local media said. US Pop singer Michael Jackson went on trial on charges of sexual abuse of children.