Iraq At least 22 people were killed, including 19 US military personnel, when a huge explosion tore apart a US army dining hall, as two French journalists held hostage by Islamic extremists in Iraq for four months were released. Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin said he knew the mystery buyer that won an auction for the main asset of Russia's Yukos oil giant, adding that a state firm could eventually acquire the key energy concern. US New claims that prisoners held at a US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were abused while in custody need to be investigated, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. NIreland Bank robbers in Northern Ireland have made off with as much as 30 million pounds (43.3 million euros, 58 million dollars) in what could be the province's biggest bank heist ever, police said. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan admitted allegations about the UN's oil-for-food programme in Iraq had "cast a shadow" over the United Nations but played down the question of resigning. Russia-Germany Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to work with Europe on the conflict in Chechnya and to respect the election outcome in Ukraine, but insisted the controversial sell-off of the Yukos oil group was an internal matter. Mideast Israel's police chief warned that hardline Jewish settlers could thwart next year's Gaza pullout, as Jews who face being uprooted invoked the Holocaust by donning orange stars as a mark of protest. Solomons-Australia An Australian policeman was killed in a sniper attack while on patrol in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara, officials in Canberra said. He is the first fatality suffered by the Australian-led peacekeeping force sent to the Solomons 18 months ago. Pakistan Police arrested the husband of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto less than a month after he won his freedom following an eight-year stint behind bars. UN-Sudan UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appealed for more international help in Sudan's Darfur region and pressed the Security Council to "assume its responsibility" for peace and security. EU European Union fisheries ministers reached agreement here on maximum catches by species and fishing quotas for each country in community waters for 2005, European sources said.