US President George W. Bush admitted that Iraqi forces were not ready to replace US-led troops and warned that Iraqi elections set for January 30 would not spell the end of deadly violence there. Ukraine Ukraine's presidential rivals faced off in a live television debate, with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko slamming his opponent for vote fraud while Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich scrambled to distance himself from his own government. Iraq Fourteen people were killed in attacks around central Iraq as insurgents ambushed those suspected of collaborating with US forces. Chile Augusto Pinochet will stand trial for atrocities from his 17-year regime in Chile, a Santiago court ruled unanimously, as the former dictator, 89, recovered in hospital from a stroke. Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed that the threat of a civil disobedience campaign would not derail his plan to withdraw all Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip by the end of 2005. Germany Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder kicked off two days of talks seeking to bolster trade and political ties by largely steering clear of thorny issues such as the Yukos sell-off and Moscow's role in the disputed Ukrainian poll. Rwanda Rwanda withdrew a threat to send soldiers into the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where Kinshasa accuses them of siding with rebels in this eastern town gripped by fighting. Macau President Hu Jintao hailed Macau as an economic and political success story on the fifth anniversary of its return to China, while levelling criticism of the leadership in neighbouring Hong Kong. Britain A black comedy that triggered a weekend mini-riot because of its references to rape in a fictional Sikh temple has been cancelled, the playhouse in the English Midlands that was staging the play said.