Egypt Egyptian police exchanged fire with Bedouin gunmen in the Sinai mountains where two Pakistanis suspected over the Sharm el-Sheikh bombings may have been hiding, security officials told AFP. Iraq The Iraqi capital was hit by twin suicide car bombs that killed at least eight people as Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a top US ally in Iraq, made a surprise visit to Baghdad. Britain British police interrogated a third terror suspect as they scrambled to hunt down four bombers still on the loose after last week's botched attempt to blow up three London Underground trains and a bus. Britain The British press and lawmakers questioned the police handling of investigations into the July bomb attacks on the London transport system in the wake of the fatal shooting of an innocent Brazilian man. NKorea The United States and communist North Korea held a rare one-on-one meeting, with the American side stressing it was time for "real progress" to be made in reversing the North's drive for nuclear weapons. Philippines Embattled Philippine President Gloria Arroyo proposed overhauling her country's political system as she tried to face down a new impeachment motion and a mass protest calling for her to resign. Mideast Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said that he was relocating to the Gaza Strip where he would be based until the completion of Israel's pullout from the occupied territory. GBissau Guinea-Bissau waited for results from a presidential run-off after a weekend vote marked by low turnout in the poor, coup-prone west African state. Iran Iran will resume some sensitive nuclear work no matter what the Europeans offer in their negotiations with Tehran, outgoing President Mohammad Khatami said. Britain Giant carnivorous mice on the British-ruled island of Gough in the south Atlantic are eating seabird chicks alive in mass feeding frenzies, threatening several species' survival, a wildlife charity warned.