Afghanistan The United Nations condemned new allegations of abuse of prisoners by US troops in Afghanistan and called for tough action to deal with the offenders, a day before President George W. Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are due to meet at the White House. Health China has ordered the immediate vaccination of three million birds among other emergency measures to stop the spread of bird flu after discovering the H5N1 virus had killed some migratory birds, state media said. Iraq Three Romanian journalists and their guide have been released after being held hostage for almost two months in Iraq, the government said here. Iraq Insurgents launched a string of bloody attacks in Iraq, shooting dead a senior civil servant in Baghdad and bombing a police station in Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit. Iran Iran warned Britain, France and Germany against pushing for the Islamic republic to be referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, saying such a step would spark "a crisis over which the Europeans would have no control". Uzbekistan Uzbekistan's state-controlled media upped its campaign against demands for an international investigation into a recent military crackdown, as the European Union was due to increase its pressure for such a probe. Germany German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats were facing a crucial election in the country's most populous state where they risk losing control after 39 years of unbroken rule. EU As France entered a frenetic last week of campaigning ahead of a referendum on the EU's constitution, a new poll showed the "no" camp in the lead by 52 points to 48. AFPEntertainment The 58th Cannes film festival wrapped up after Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne captured top honors for "The Child", a gritty drama about a young hustler that touched on an overriding theme of lost fathers. AFPEntertainment Greece has won the 50th Eurovision song contest in Kiev as singer Helena Paparizou thrashed the competition, triumphing over contestants from 23 other countries with her song "My Number One."