Vatican Ailing Pope John Paul II was spending his first night back in hospital after undergoing a tracheotomy to relieve persistent breathing problems stemming from a relapse of the flu. Lebanon Syria, under intense international pressure to end its tight military and political grip on neighbouring Lebanon, was due to redeploy its troops towards the border, Lebanese officials said. Bratislava Russian President Vladimir Putin gave little ground to his US counterpart George W. Bush's concerns that Moscow is backsliding on democratic values like checks and balances and the rule of law. Iraq A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 10 people when he blew his car up at an Iraqi police headquarters, as Ukraine said it would pull out its 1,650 troops from the war-torn country. Mideast A new Palestinian cabinet dominated by technocrats and cleared of ministers from the Arafat era took office after prime minister Ahmed Qorei finally won approval from MPs for his radically overhauled line-up. Britain The worldwide Anglican Church leadership has asked the US and Canadian churches to withdraw temporarily to consider their attitude towards homosexuality, according to a communique. Lebanon UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's spokesman denied an Al-Arabiya television report that Annan had demanded a Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon by April or sanctions if they do not comply. Asia A wealth of donations from across the globe that followed the tsunami disaster in Asia shows how "stingy" people really are in the face of the world's 15 other major crises, the charity Oxfam said.