US A judge was to decide whether to reattach a feeding tube on a severely brain-damaged woman, whose fate has sparked an intense and often acrimonious 'right to die' debate in the United States. UN UN Secretary General Kofi Annan threw down the gauntlet to world leaders, pressing them to adopt his proposals for wide-ranging reforms to the United Nations this year. China US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned North Korea of "problems" if it fails to return to nuclear talks, while cautioning the EU against lifting its arms embargo against China. Mideast Israel vowed to expand its largest Jewish settlements in the West Bank despite Palestinian fury, as a process began to hand over security control to Palestinian forces in the Tulkarem area. US Michael Jackson's child sex trial took another dramatic turn when the embattled star shuffled into court late, only to be led out again apparently ill and weeping. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev and the opposition faced off over a disputed ballot, as demonstrators took over more government structures to protest the victory of pro-presidential forces in a parliamentary poll. Iraq The spiritual leader of Iraq's Shiites urged political parties to speed up lagging talks to form a government, as US forces and rebels squared off in their biggest battle since the January 30 elections. Arab Arab leaders gathered in the Algerian capital on the eve of a two-day summit expected to endorse a resolution to revive a three-year-old initiative for peace with Israel. NKorea North Korea said it had increased its nuclear arsenal in preparation for a preemptive invasion by the United States, the Yonhap news agency quoted Pyongyang's state media as saying. Britain Royal bride-to-be Camilla Parker Bowles will officially become British queen after fiance Prince Charles takes the throne despite her officially designated title of Princess Consort, the government said.