Mideast An official of the radical Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad, speaking on a videotape, claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in Tel Aviv on Friday which killed four Israelis. 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. Iraq At least 10 people were killed and 11 kidnapped in Iraq as the interim government claimed that the noose was tightening on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the man blamed for much of the violence. 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. 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. Germany German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer admitted for the first time to making mistakes in an immigration scandal that has prompted accusations he indirectly helped traffickers smuggle in immigrants from eastern Europe. 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. Taiwan At least four people died in a blaze that engulfed the upper floors on a Taiwan high-rise, trapping several more people and raining debris down onto the crowded streets below, fire officials and news reports said. Italy An armed man threatened to blow himself up in a hall in Rome where around 2,000 members of the Jehovah's Witnesses church were holding a meeting, Italian media said.