France With the latest polls suggesting an easy win for the "no" camp in France's referendum on the EU constitution, treaty supporters desperately targeted undecided voters on the last day of campaigning. Germany Germany became the ninth country to ratify the EU constitution in a move designed to help the flagging "yes" campaign in France ahead of this weekend's referendum. EU German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero headed to France in a final bid to convince skeptical left-leaning swing voters to approve the EU constitution. Iraq Two US soldiers were killed when insurgents shot down their helicopter, the military said, as the Iraqi government sealed off Baghdad in a bid to quell mounting attacks on the capital. Pakistan Hardline Islamic parties were to hold fresh protests in Pakistan after the US said it found five examples of mishandling of the Koran by guards at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Pakistan A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a crowd of Shiite Muslims at a shrine close to the Pakistani capital, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens, doctors and witnesses said. Italy British Prime Minister Tony Blair began talks in Rome with his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi at the start of his first foreign trip since winning a third term in office. Mideast Israel put on a brave face after Mahmud Abbas won crucial backing from Washington, but seethed beneath the surface, blaming the Palestinian leader for failing to eliminate armed groups. Finland Indonesian government representatives and Aceh separatists held talks in Helsinki on the rebels' right to self-government in the province, mediators said. Japan -war-Philippines GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines: Japan was checking if two elderly Japanese men found on a Philippine island plagued by an Islamic insurgency were soldiers left behind from World War II who were unaware of Tokyo's surrender. Indonesia A young Australian woman was jailed for 20 years for smuggling drugs into Indonesia, prompting her country's prime minister to appeal for calm among her outraged supporters at home.