Britain Police hunting for a team of would-be suicide bombers shot and killed a man in a London Underground station, deepening fears of a new attack one day after an apparently bungled attempt to repeat the carnage of July 7. Britain An Al-Qaeda-linked group said it carried out the latest London attacks, warning it will not relent until all "infidel" forces quit Iraq, according to an Internet statement. Britain Muslim hardliners in Pakistan protested against a crackdown on suspected militants that has led to more than 300 arrests this week in response to the July 7 London bombings. NKorea North Korea's delegation to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons drive arrived in Beijing after laying down a raft of preconditions ahead of the negotiations resuming next week. Mideast JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the start of a fresh diplomatic push to ensure the success of next month's pullout from the Gaza Strip. Mideast US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks with Lebanese leaders on a surprise visit to Beirut, days after the formation of the first government since Syria ended its three-decade military presence. Iraq Seven policemen and four civilians were killed in Baghdad attacks as the Pentagon acknowledged that only a small number of Iraqi security forces were ready to fight insurgents unaided. China Asia embraced a new financial landscape after China finally abandoned its decade-old peg to the dollar, with regional governments and analysts widely applauding Beijing for the move. Germany The German election campaign began in earnest but conservative challenger Angela Merkel's dream of becoming the country's first woman leader faces formidable hurdles. Kenya The Kenyan parliament has voted to amend a draft of the country's re-written constitution, retaining the near-absolute powers of the president despite violent street protests against the move. Yemen Calm returned to Yemen after at least 39 people were killed in two days of clashes between police and people demonstrating over a sharp rise in fuel prices in one of the poorest countries on the planet.