Iraq At least 45 people died in violence in Iraq, including a US soldier, as Washington defended its decision to lead an invasion exactly two years ago amid protests around the world. UN UN Secretary General Kofi Annan unveiled his blueprint for sweeping UN reforms aimed at making sure the United Nations plays a central role in the global decisions of the 21st century. China-US US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wound up a week-long trip to Asia by pushing China to improve human rights while warning the North Korea nuclear standoff cannot go on forever. EU EU finance ministers struck a deal on reforming their tattered fiscal rule book, said Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, whose country chairs the EU's presidency. Arab Arab foreign ministers in Algiers agreed to submit to a summit of leaders this week a draft resolution to resurrect a plan for peace with Israel, as they concluded two days of deliberations here. Kyrgyzstan Protests over Kyrgyzstan's disputed parliamentary polls turned violent, with four people reported killed in a police assault on an occupied government building in the former Soviet republic. Jordan-Iraq Relations between Iraq and its pro-Western neighbour Jordan were in crisis as both governments withdrew their envoys following a wave of protests over the alleged involvement of a Jordanian in a deadly suicide bombing. US The US Congress went into overtime as lawmakers scrambled for passage of controversial legislation that Republicans hope will keep alive a heavily brain-damaged Florida woman, who has been fed artificially for 15 years. Pakistan Police said they were investigating whether a suicide bomber had detonated a powerful bomb that killed 39 devotees at a Muslim shrine in southwestern Pakistan. Qatar A shocked Qatar probed how an Egyptian suicide bomber killed a Briton and wounded 12 people near a British school in the capital Doha, amid fears the gas-rich state has become the latest target for militant attacks. Haiti Two soldiers serving with UN forces in Haiti -- one from Sri Lanka and one from Nepal - were killed during security operations, officials said.