Mideast Columns of Israeli police and troops poured into Netzarim to evict the last remaining Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip after four decades of occupation of the Palestinian land. Mideast Thousands of police and soldiers were preparing to take up positions around two West Bank settlements where thousands of hardliners have massed in a bid to thwart the evacuation of Jews from the heart of biblical Israel. Iraq Iraqi leaders were locked in last-minute talks to resolve thorny issues dogging the drafting of the constitution just hours before a new deadline to complete the charter expires. Vatican While the press in his native Germany hailed Pope Benedict XVI's four-day visit as a "triumph", much of the rest of Europe's media said the pontiff lacked the charisma of his predecessor, John Paul II. Britain Two senior Brazilian officials were due to arrive in Britain to grill police officers and investigators about the fatal shooting of a Brazilian man mistaken for a suicide bomber exactly a month ago. Afghanistan-US US and Afghan forces have killed at least 105 Taliban militants in the past three weeks during operations to increase security before key legislative elections, the US military said. Iran Dissident journalist Akbar Ganji, Iran's most prominent political prisoner, has ended a lengthy hunger strike and is in "fair" health, his wife confirmed to AFP. Greenland-Arctic The Ilulissat glacier in Greenland, a UN heritage site considered one of the wonders of the world, has shrunk by over 10 kilometers in just a few years, in one of the most alarming examples of global warming in the Arctic region.