Mideast British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that a conference on the Middle East peace process would take place in London next year. Iraq Two French journalists freed by insurgents in Iraq after a four-month kidnap ordeal are on their way back to Paris, President Jacques Chirac said, where they are expected to get a rapturous welcome. Iraq A powerful explosion at a US army mess hall in Mosul killed 22 people Tuesday, including 14 US soldiers, in the deadliest strike against American forces in war-torn Iraq, according to latest casualty figures. US US lawyers for the Russian oil giant Yukos were expected back in a Texas bankruptcy court, seeking further remedies to prevent the dissolution of the beleaguered company. Turkey Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan left here for a two-day visit to neighbouring Syria, saying he hoped the trip would furhter improve the newly found friendship betwen the two former foes. EU European Union fisheries ministers reached agreement here on maximum catches by species and fishing quotas for each country in community waters for 2005. North Ireland Robbers in Northern Ireland have made off with 20 million pounds (28.9 million euros, 38.6 million dollars) in what may be Britain's biggest-ever cash haul in a bank robbery, police and bank sources said. Philippines Hundreds of thousands of people attended the funeral of the Philippines' most famous movie star, defeated presidential candidate Fernando Poe, held under tight security amid fears of unrest. Pakistan The husband of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto was granted bail by a court, his lawyers said, a day after he was arrested for failing to turn up for a murder case hearing.