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 US President George W. Bush vowed that Iraqi elections would go ahead as planned despite a wave of deadly insurgent attacks, as Iraqi authorities announced 51 arrests following Sunday's devastating car bombings. 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. NKorea-SKorea-China South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-Young began a four-day visit to China, sent by President Roh Moo-Hyun to seek ways to kickstart stalled six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. Sudan Sudan's two main rebel movements rejected Libya's latest initiative to resolve the Darfur crisis as African Union mediators set Tuesday as the end of the current round of talks. 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. US-Russia The forced auction of Russian oil titan Yukos' crown jewel to an unknown buyer erodes confidence in the Russian legal and judicial system, the US State Department said. 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-DRCongo 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. Japan Japanese power companies began tests using uranium after 13 delays, in a major step of a project to reprocess spent nuclear fuel that is opposed by environmentalists concerned about safety.