Ukraine Ukraine lurched deeper into political chaos as the opposition called a general strike and rejected results handing victory in a disputed presidential election to its pro-Russia prime minister. Ukraine The EU warned Ukraine of "consequences" for its hopes of closer ties with Europe if it fails to respond to concerns about contested elections, as an EU envoy was rushed to crisis-wracked Kiev. Ukraine The United States cannot accept the results of the presidential election in Ukraine as "legitimate," Secretary of State Colin Powell said, calling for a review of the tally. Iran The UN atomic agency meets with Iran having in a dramatic 11th hour move asked the agency to exempt several dozen centrifuges from its pledge to freeze its nuclear fuel cycle, diplomats told AFP. Iraq US-led forces were locked a bloody push through Iraq's "triangle of death" in a drive to weed out rebel enclaves before landmark elections in January, with more than 200 political groups preparing to take part. Mideast Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian at Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip during an incursion by a column of tanks into the sector, Palestinian hospital sources said. Indonesia Indonesian judges rejected a demand by lawyers for hardline Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to drop the terrorism case against him and ordered prosecutors to start presenting their witnesses next week. India Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said he held "cordial and friendly" talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh but insisted further progress in bilateral ties hinged on a solution to Kashmir. Brazil Brazil will start enriching uranium next month after getting the green light from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the government announced after months of negotiations.