US A Marine Corps transport helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing all 31 US marines aboard, a military official confirmed. US At least nine people were killed and more than 100 injured in Los Angeles when two passenger trains collided after one of them hit vehicle on the line, police said. Iraq Seven Iraqis were killed and eight wounded in a double suicide car bomb attack outside a police station near the northern city of Kirkuk, police said. Poland World leaders began converging on southern Poland for two days of emotional ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the biggest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, where more than one million people died. Mideast Israel and the Palestinians resumed political contacts on and finalised a deal to deploy thousands of Palestinian security forces to curb attacks in southern and central Gaza. US President George W. Bush predicted that weekend elections in Iraq would be a "grand moment" in the country's history despite a deadly campaign of violence by insurgents eager to derail the vote. US The US Senate confirmed Condoleezza Rice as US secretary of state to replace Colin Powell. Britain Britain is to end a policy of jailing foreign terrorism suspects indefinitely without trial following a landmark legal ruling which declared that it contravened human rights law, the government announced. Davos Troubled by the limp dollar and facing calls to do more to curb poverty and climate change, more than 2,000 political and business leaders convened in the Swiss resort of Davos to talk, network and ponder the world's pressing problems. Asia A mournful silence for the dead was observed as people around the Indian Ocean recalled the day one month ago when tsunami waves crashed ashore, taking families, friends and homes.