Iraq A suicide bomber killed more than 110 people when he blew up his car in the middle of a crowd in a central Iraqi town, in the deadliest single attack since the US-led invasion two years ago. Lebanon Lebanon's pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karameh tendered his cabinet's resignation during a parliamentary debate on charges the government had a hand in his predecessor Rafiq Hariri's murder. Vatican Pope John Paul II has begun therapy to recover his voice following his throat operation, dispelling concerns that he would be unable to speak again as spiritual leader of the world's one billion Roman Catholics. 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. US The United States said it is studying ways to support talks between three European countries and Iran over Tehran's alleged plans to develop nuclear weapons. NKorea North Korea's declaration that it has nuclear weapons "is a matter of the utmost concern and has serious security implications," UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei said. Bosnia 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. US The United States in an annual report on human rights combined familiar criticism of China's and Russia's record with harsh accusations of abuses in key Middle East allies, particularly Saudi Arabia. Chechnya Seven Russian soldiers were killed in clashes in separatist Chechnya over the past 24 hours, a source in the pro-Russian Chechen interior ministry told AFP.