Iran More than 190 people were killed as a huge earthquake struck a mountainous region of southeast Iran amid fears the final death toll could rise far higher. US British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that he sees "every possibility now" of attaining a Middle East peace deal, after holding breakfast talks with US President George W. Bush. Iraq Australia will send an extra 450 troops to Iraq to help protect a Japanese humanitarian mission in the south and bolster the country's transition to democracy, Prime Minister John Howard said. NKorea North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has said his country is willing to return to nuclear disarmament talks despite an earlier threat to withdraw from negotiations, Chinese officials reported. Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was facing a new challenge to his Gaza Strip pullout plan after a majority of MPs from his party, including a number of ministers, signed a petition demanding it be put to a referendum. US US President George W. Bush and his old adversary French President Jacques Chirac appear to have turned the page on differences over Iraq, focusing at meetings here on how to tackle tough issues like Iran, the Middle East peace process and Syria. India A fresh avalanche struck Indian Kashmir as the death toll from massive snowslides that smashed into villages hit 157, with the fate of hundreds of others unknown. Indonesia Indonesian rescuers continued sifting through tonnes of garbage and debris but hopes were faint of finding any of the 110 people still listed missing after a devastating landslide that left 150 people feared dead. Finland Representatives from the Indonesian government and Aceh separatists began a second day of peace talks described as tough, amid uncertainty over whether the rebels will accept a special autonomy proposal for the tsunami-stricken province. Health Animal and human health experts headed to Vietnam's southern business capital for an international conference focused on eradicating the deadly bird flu virus.