US Grieving parents and friends gathered outside a Red Lake school after a rampage by a self-styled teenaged "Angel of Death" who killed nine people before shooting himself. US A federal judge decided to allow a brain-damaged woman to die, despite intervention by Congress and President George W. Bush in a national debate over "death with dignity." NKorea North Korean Premier Pak Pong-Ju said his country was ready to resume nuclear crisis talks when conditions were right, despite Pyongyang's earlier announcement that it had increased its nuclear arsenal to ward off a US attack. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev refused to resign and annul the results of a disputed parliamentary election, saying that talks were the only way out of the crisis. EU European Union leaders vowed to re-energize the bloc's flagging economy by pushing ahead with much-needed reforms, while insisting Europe's long-cherished "social model" is not at risk. Germany German flag carrier Lufthansa said it would buy its ailing partner Swiss for up to 310 million euros (409 million dollars). Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon secured support for a vote on the 2005 budget ahead of a showdown on the bill next week, as Palestinian forces took control of a second West Bank city. France The French parliament definitively approved a reform of the controversial 35-hour working week -- a Socialist measure introduced to cut unemployment but which is blamed by the current government for doing the reverse. Pakistan A parliamentary delegation was trying to end a stand-off between troops and tribal insurgents in southwestern Pakistan following clashes that killed dozens of people and sparked a siege of security forces. Bangladesh Troops joined a massive relief operation in northern Bangladesh where a tornado cut a swathe through 15 villages at the weekend, as the death toll rose to 47.