Iraq Iraq's Sunni Arab former elite presented fresh demands on the wording of a new constitution despite warnings from Shiite and Kurdish negotiators that they would make no further concessions. US US President George W. Bush warned of more sacrifices ahead in Iraq, while thousands of his supporters and anti-war protesters flooded this one-stoplight Texas town near his ranch. Mideast At least 10 people were wounded after an explosion went off near a bus station in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva, public radio reported. US Thousands of people fled New Orleans and other low-lying parts of Louisiana as Hurricane Katrina, now a major storm, churned toward the US Gulf of Mexico coast gathering strength. Philippines At least 30 people, including several children, were wounded in a ferry bomb blast in an area of the southern Philippines plagued by Muslim insurgents, officials said. Iran New proposals from Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will lead to a "breakthrough" and major changes in negotiations over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, Iran's top negotiator said. China Europe and China were to continue trade talks after negotiators failed to solve a dispute that left millions of items of Chinese-made clothes blocked at European ports. NKorea China's Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei arrived in Pyongyang in hopes of setting a date for the next round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Afghanistan One US soldier was killed and seven wounded in attacks in southeast Afghanistan and near the capital Kabul, the US military said, as American casualties mount during their bloodiest year so far in the country. US US federal agents have searched the US home of Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar as part of an international anti-corruption probe, officials disclosed. Europe Flood waters were receding in Europe, following a weeklong crisis which left at least 70 people dead across the centre and east of the continent.