Auschwitz German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warned Germans to be vigilant in the fight against anti-Semitism and expressed his shame as Berlin marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Russia Russia's nationalist lawmakers have asked the prosecutor general to ban all Jewish organizations because of their "extremist" behavior in a call that coincided with ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. Iraq Gunmen shot dead a top Iraqi judge as charges that Iraqi forces were torturing suspects brought a grim reminder of Saddam Hussein's regime just days before elections are due to usher in democracy. Mideast Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qorei accused Israel of bad faith by resuming construction on one of the most controversial sections of the West Bank barrier, casting a shadow over coordinated efforts to put a halt to attacks by militants. Asia Indonesia was readying a team of senior officials to head to Finland for talks with rebels aimed at bringing peace to tsunami-stricken Aceh province, as the Asian-wide toll of presumed dead from the disaster exceeded 280,000. India At least 150 Hindu pilgrims were killed in a stampede during a religious festival in western India, senior district administrator Sharad Jadhav told AFP. US The last Britons held at the US jail for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba were flying home after a long ordeal that included almost two years of solitary confinement for some of them. Pakistan Pakistan has given American officials custody of a key Al-Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 bombing of US embassies in East Africa and the suspect has been flown out of the country, officials said. SAfrica President Thabo Mbeki began a third day of talks with Ivorian opposition and rebel leaders, with his spokesman saying that the South African president was determined to get a breakthrough. SAfrica The trial of a white South African and his two black employees accused of feeding a farm worker to a pride of lions entered a second day with a security guard testifying how he was unable to stop the assault. Health Thailand adopted an emergency plan to deal with possible human-to-human transmissions of bird flu, days after confirming its first outbreak this year of the disease which has claimed nine lives since late December in nearby Vietnam. Fashion Karl Lagerfeld conjured up a light and airy garden party at Chanel, reinventing the pomp of the 18th century French royal court in his decidedly modern spring-summer 2005 haute couture collection.