Iraq A suicide bomber killed 110 people and wounded scores more Monday when he blew up his car in the middle of a crowd outside a health clinic in central Iraq, in one of the deadliest attacks since the US-led invasion two years ago. Lebanon Thousands of people defied a government ban and massed in the heart of Beirut as the Lebanese parliament held a stormy debate set to culminate in a vote of no-confidence in the pro-Syrian regime. Vatican Pope John Paul II has begun efforts to recover his voice following his throat operation, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said. Mideast Israel looked set for a U-turn by deciding not to destroy the homes of settlers due to be uprooted from Gaza, as a special unit was established to combat extremist violence threatening the pullout. Oscars Clint Eastwood's boxing drama "Million Dollar Baby" dealt a knockout blow to Martin Scorsese's lavish biopic "The Aviator," snatching the coveted best picture and best director Oscars. Warcrimes The man who headed the Bosnian Muslim army during most of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war turned himself in to the UN tribunal in The Hague, which has indicted him for war crimes. Iran Iran must do more to help out with UN atomic agency inspections and the inquest into whether Tehran is secretly developing nuclear weapons will still take some time to finish, the agency's chief Mohamed ElBaradei said. Britain A British Muslim pleaded guilty to conspiring with jailed "shoe bomber" Richard Reid to try and blow up airliners, an admission police hailed as a major breakthrough in anti-terrorism efforts. Britain Britain's government faced a tough battle to force controversial anti-terror laws through parliament allowing suspects to be put under limited house arrest, amid predictions it could be forced into a humiliating climbdown. Burundi Voters in Burundi cast ballots in a nationwide referendum on a power-sharing constitution aimed at bringing a final end to an 11-year civil war that has claimed 300,000 lives. US After 15 months of accusations and denial over Michael Jackson's alleged molestation of a 13-year-old boy, lawyers were finally to get their chance to lay out their cases before a jury.