Pakistan Pakistan claimed it had dealt Al-Qaeda a crushing blow after killing a top militant said to have masterminded attempts on President Pervez Musharraf's life and to have arranged the beheading of US reporter Daniel Pearl. Iraq More than 10 people were killed in fresh violence in Iraq, as US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned that the insurgency was "getting worse" and organizing the elections due in January could prove difficult. Britain Iraq loomed menacingly over the annual conference of Britain's governing Labour Party, spoiling the efforts of Prime Minister Tony Blair to focus minds on domestic issues ahead of an expected general election next year. India Five workers were killed and 12 others injured in an accident on a vast construction site at Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates, the Department of Civil Aviation said. Mideast Israeli armor rolled into the West Bank town of Jenin, as Israel's diplomatic missions abroad went on high alert in the aftermath of the assassination of a Hamas leader in Damascus. Britain British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years. US Florida began yet another mop-up job after the fourth hurricane to hit the state in six weeks left six dead, countless homes smashed and a million households without electricity. India Flocks of pigeons were released as marathon celebrations began to mark the 350th anniversary of the Taj Mahal, the architectural wonder built by a Mughal emperor in memory of his dead wife. Burundi Thirty-seven fighters from the last active rebel group in Burundi have been killed during a miltary operation near the capital, an army spokesman told AFP.