Mideast Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah categorically denied that it had anything do do with an overnight suicide bombing in Tel Aviv that killed four Israelis and wounded 53 people. Vatican For the first time in his 26-year pontificate, Pope John Paul II's Sunday Angelus blessing will be performed by an aide while the stricken pontiff will follow the ceremony from his hospital room, the Vatican announced. Vatican As Pope John Paul II was recovering from surgery to ease severe breathing problems, an operation that will silence him for days, business at the center of Catholicism was in the hands of four of the men who will elect the next pope. Egypt President Hosni Mubarak said he had told parliament to amend Egypt's constitution to allow direct presidential elections in which anyone can stand and all citizens can vote by secret ballot. Iraq At least two people were killed when a bomb exploded near the headquarters of Iraq's leading Sunni Muslim religious organisation, as four others died in attacks elswhere and a number of Iraqis were reported snatched in a spate of kidnappings. Togo Togo's interim leader Abass Bonfoh promised free and open elections in April as foes and supporters of heir apparent to the presidency Faure Gnassingbe held rival rallies in the west African capital Lome. Japan Japan put a satellite into space for the first time since a humiliating failure 15 months ago in hopes of entering the launch market at a time that China's space program forges ahead. Iran Iran has finished processing uranium it had been allowed to work on after it agreed in November to a freeze on nuclear fuel work that could be used to make nuclear weapons, diplomats said. India The death toll from avalanches that smashed into six villages in Indian Kashmir hit 249 as rescue workers struggled through huge snowdrifts to bring help to survivors. Nepal Nepal's Maoist rebels called off a 14-day-old nationwide transport blockade staged to protest King Gyanendra's seizure of power, while the army said at least three dozen rebels died during clashes in the country's west. NKorea Top officials from the United States and its allies met here to find ways to persuade North Korea back to talks aimed at ending its nuclear drive, as China said Pyongyang was prepared to resume dialogue. Iran Russia and Iran again delayed the signing of a controversial contract to supply the Islamic republic with nuclear fuel for its first atomic power plant, amid what appeared to be a fresh dispute over the terms of the deal.