Syria-Lebanon Syria vowed to cooperate with a UN inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri after a Security Council resolution demanded that Damascus help or face the consequences. US US President George W. Bush sought 7.1 billion dollars in emergency funding to improve detection and vaccines to combat any global outbreak of deadly influenza like the so-called bird flu. Iraq The US military announced the death of another soldier in Iraq, bringing October losses to 94, the fourth biggest of the conflict, after a car bomb killed 18 people in the normally quiet southern city of Basra. India Police have prepared a sketch of a key suspect in New Delhi's deadly bombings, Indian media said as Hindus marked a subdued Diwali festival under tight security and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hinted at a Pakistani link to the blasts. Mideast Two Palestinian militant leaders in the Gaza Strip were killed in an Israeli air strike and Israeli tanks rolled into the West Bank city of Jenin in a deadly offensive against armed groups. NKorea China has proposed restarting the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme on November 9, a Western diplomat in Beijing said. Germany Angela Merkel's incoming government wobbled as a conservative state premier deserted the left-right coalition and the Social Democrats suffered a leadership crisis, throwing Germany into fresh political uncertainty. UN The UN General Assembly passed a resolution designating January 27 as an annual day to commemorate the Jewish and other victims of the Holocaust. Ethiopia At least six people were killed and more than 29 wounded when Ethiopian police fired on and beat crowds in the capital amid soaring new tensions over disputed May elections.