EU US President George W. Bush pushed for a fresh start to US-Europe relations after rifts over Iraq and called for joint action to promote Middle East peace and revive democratic reforms in Russia. 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 Settlers vowed they would not allow Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to drag Israel towards "disaster" after the historic vote to leave the Gaza Strip, as hundreds of Palestinians were released from prison. 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. EU EU leaders hailed Spain's overwhelming "yes" to the bloc's constitution, but admitted the low turnout was worrying while analysts stressed the huge challenges ahead in votes in other EU states. Iraq Two Indonesian journalists kidnapped by Iraqi rebels were freed, as US President George W. Bush called for a fresh start in US-Europe relations after a damaging rift over the war to oust Saddam Hussein. Asia US ex-presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush ended a tour of four tsunami-hit nations with a visit to the Maldives and said 11.5 billion dollars is needed for reconstruction across the Indian Ocean. India Avalanches that swept rugged Himalayan Kashmir killed at least 115 people at the weekend with scores missing after the heaviest snowfall in two decades brought the region to a near halt. Bangladesh The search for bodies from a ferry disaster in Bangladesh was called off to the dismay of relatives still hunting for missing family members, as the confirmed death toll reached 119. US Legendary US author and sharp-witted icon of the 1960s counter-culture, Hunter S. Thompson, died after apparently shooting himself in the head, police and his family said.