Iraq Eighty insurgents were killed in an assault by Iraqi and US forces on a lakeside training camp north of Baghdad, said Iraqi commanders. Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan fired key law enforcement figures in his government, as opposition supporters stepped up their protests over a contested parliamentary poll in the Central Asian nation. Japan Chess legend Bobby Fischer was to become a free man in Iceland after eight months of detention in Japan, which defied US demands that he be extradited to the United States where he faces prison. Lebanon A bomb blast rocked a Christian quarter north of Beirut, killing three people and stoking fears of further violence in Lebanon at a moment of political tension and public foreboding. Vatican A frail but grimly determined Pope John Paul II blessed a crowd of pilgrims from his apartment window, in an appearance that failed nonetheless to quell mounting concern over his health. US A federal appeals court turned down an emergency request by the parents of a severely brain-damaged woman in Florida to have her feeding tube reinserted. EU EU leaders rallied round French President Jacques Chirac, calling for a revision of controversial EU economic reform plans which are fueling anti-EU sentiment in France ahead of a crucial vote. EU French President Jacques Chirac condemned Britain's jealously-held EU budget rebate as "no longer justified," setting the stage for a new row within the European Union. Serbia Former Bosnian Serb general Vinko Pandurevic, wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal for alleged genocide during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, left Belgrade to surrender to The Hague-based court, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon looked headed for victory in his battle to force the budget through parliament and safeguard his Gaza pullout plan, after sidelining MPs desperate to halt the evacuation. Angola Angolan health officials were battling an outbreak of the Marburg virus, related to the killer Ebola, that has claimed the lives of 96 people, mostly children, in northern Uige province. Cambodia Cambodian prison guards shot dead at least 20 inmates after they tried to escape by kidnapping four wardens and crashing cars through the gates, police said. Kosovo Kosovo's parliament elected Bajram Kosumi as the country's new prime minister, to replace Ramush Haradinaj who resigned earlier this month following his war crimes indictment.