Mideast US President George W. Bush called for Syria to end its occupation of Lebanon, and said the US and Europe share the "immediate goal" of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as he started a fence-mending tour in Europe. EU US President George W. Bush, in Europe to bury the hatchet on Iraq, said "no passing disagreement of governments" can permanently damage transatlantic ties, and urged Europe to provide "tangible" assistance to Iraq. Lebanon President Bashar al-Assad is willing to withdraw Syrian troops from Lebanon in line with accords that ended the civil war there, Arab League chief Amr Mussa said, as Lebanese held a mass anti-Syria protest in Beirut. Mideast The newly-approved pullout from the Gaza Strip and a small part of the West Bank is only the first of a series of "painful concessions" by Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's top advisor said. Mideast Israel freed 500 Palestinian prisoners, bussing them to checkpoints in the West Bank and on the Gaza-Israeli border where families rushed to greet them in tearful, emotional reunions. EU EU leaders hailed Spain's overwhelming "yes" to the bloc's constitution in the first public test of the new pact but voiced concern about the low voter turnout, which European media said undermined the result. Portugal Portugal looked to the left to revive a faltering economy after national elections gave the Socialists their first majority in parliament since the country returned to democracy in 1974. Indonesia Almost 150 people were believed to have died under hundreds of tonnes of garbage and earth when heavy seasonal rain unleashed a massive landslide in Indonesia, police said. Iraq Islamic militants freed two Indonesian journalists taken hostage last week in a notoriously dangerous part of Iraq, Sunni Muslim authorities and Indonesian officials said. Nepal Nepalese Maoist rebels raked a convoy of vehicles with gunfire, killing a bus driver and injuring nine passengers in the first violence linked to the transport blockade they called to protest at the king's power grab, the army said. Togo Togo lawmakers revised the constitution to support a call by army-installed president Faure Gnassingbe for elections in 60 days but stopped short of asking him to step down in line with African demands.