Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan's new leaders tightened their grip on power, seeking to restore law and order after two days of massive looting left up to six people dead and many more injured. Vatican A frail, "suffering" and silent Pope John Paul II appeared to pilgrims attending the annual Good Friday re-enactment of Christ's crucifixion at the Roman Colosseum, joining them via a video link from his chapel in the Vatican. Taiwan Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets, waving banners and shouting slogans for peace and democracy to protest a new Chinese law threatening the island. US The United States announced plans to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan despite objections from Islamabad's nuclear-rival India. Afghanistan Four US troops were killed in a mine blast in the southeastern Afghan province of Logar, the US military said. Asia A blueprint for the reconstruction of tsunami-devastated Aceh will be finalized in a month and the emergency relief phase has ended, Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla said. US Terri Schiavo entered her second week without food and water as legal options dwindled for family members who have fought desperately to keep her alive against the wishes of her husband. Australia Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside a detention centre for illegal immigrants in southern Australia as part of an Easter campaign against the government's immigration policies. Lebanon US officials held an "unpublicized" meeting with exiled Syrian dissidents in Washington to discuss ways of "weakening the Syrian regime," a pan-Arab newspaper reported.