Indonesia Hundreds of people rallied in a third day of demonstrations across Indonesia to protest a government decision to more than double fuel prices to keep an economic crisis at bay. NZealand New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark secured a historic third term in power when final election results confirmed her Labour Party as the biggest political force in parliament. Russia A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan taking American "space tourist" Greg Olsen and his fellow astronauts, a Russian and another American, off towards the International Space Station. US The administration of President George W. Bush broke the law as it resorted to illegal "covert propaganda" in trying to sell its key education initiative to the public, US congressional investigators have found. US The United States put off a showdown with Saudi Arabia over its alleged violations of religious minority rights as skyrocketing oil prices threatened to crimp US economic growth. France Security forces moved in to end blockades by strikers at the Corsican port of Ajaccio and two oil terminals in Marseille, amid a bitter dispute over the privatisation of a state-owned ferry company. Japan China agreed to consider a Japanese proposal for joint exploration of energy resources in a disputed area of the East China Sea as talks ended on one of the Asian rivals' biggest sources of tension. Azerbaijan The United States urged restraint in former Soviet Azerbaijan as the opposition prepared to go forward with a banned pre-election rally that the authorities in this oil-rich republic have threatened to use force to break up. Britain Britain is mulling a plan to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to help efforts to combat insurgents and drug barons in the volatile south of the country, the Defence Ministry said. US An army of firefighters got the upper hand in a battle against wildfires that have charred 8,000 hectares (20,000 acres) of suburban Los Angeles, forcing 410 people to flee their homes. SKorea President Roo Moo-hyun gave a strong indication that he plans to end the United States' right to control South Korea's armed forces in case of war, a source of lingering resentment here.