Britain Pakistan has detained more than 200 suspected Islamic militants in response to international pressure to crack down on extremists after the London bombings, officials and police said. Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair said Britain was mulling an international conference on Islamic extremism following the London bombings, while at the same time forging accords with countries such as Jordan to make it easier to deport their nationals. Iraq A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an often-targeted army recruiting centre, killing at least eight people, as Iraqis nationwide held three minutes of silence to commemorate victims of two of the recent bombings. Mexico Hurricane Emily, upgraded to a dangerous category three storm, lumbered toward the shores of Mexico's Tamaulipas state after killing 10 people in the Caribbean and lashing the Yucatan peninsula. US President George W. Bush expressed confidence that Senate confirmation proceedings for conservative judge John Roberts, whom he nominated to the US Supreme Court, would proceed in a "dignified, civil way." India-Kashmir-blast India A car bomb claimed by Islamic rebels exploded in the heart of Indian Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar, killing four soldiers and a civilian and injuring 21 other people, police and medical sources said. Cyprus Calls for a new push to end Cyprus's division came from the Turkish Cypriot leader, while the country's president vowed not to be pushed into an unacceptable deal, as the two sides marked the 31st anniversary of Turkey's invasion. Spain Eleven Spanish firefighters who died when they were trapped in a ferocious forest fire were to be buried, as the sole survivor of the inferno spoke of his escape from the "hurricane" of flames. Iran The head of Iran's hardline judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmood Hashemi Shahroudi, said that dissident Akbar Ganji, the most emblematic of Iranian political prisoners, may be pardoned, students news agency ISNA reported. Mideast The Israeli parliament overwhelmingly rejected a last-ditch move by right-wingers to delay the Gaza Strip pullout for up to a year as a mass rally to protest next month's withdrawal fizzled out. Egypt A growing number of major opposition parties and figures who had vowed to challenge President Hosni Mubarak in a September election are pulling out of a race that they charge is a parody of democracy. Africa US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to close a forum on boosting trade ties between Africa and the world's largest economy, which for many Africans fell short of concrete commitments to assist their home-grown enterprise. Saudi The US embassy in Riyadh warned in a statement that it had indications of "operational planning" for new terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia.