Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan's parliament confirmed Kurmanbek Bakiyev as acting leader of the Central Asian nation following last week's ouster of its regime and pending a new presidential election. China China welcomed the first ever delegation from Taiwan's largest opposition party, just days after a quarter of a million Taiwanese demonstrated against the military threat from the mainland. Iraq Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi police colonel in Baghdad, while at least 12 other people, many of them security force members, were killed in a string of attacks around the country. Iraq Iraqi forces arrested over 90 suspected rebels in a raid on the insurgent stronghold of Salman Pak on the edge of Baghdad, the US military said in a statement. Zimbabwe Zimbabweans toiling under the "oppression" of long-serving President Robert Mugabe will know no peace until he dies, one of the country's most senior Roman Catholic clerics said. Angola Angola looked set to equal if not break the record of deaths from the Ebola-like Marburg virus with the number of fatalities rising to 122, just one short of the most serious outbreak ever. Afghanistan A bomb exploded in the Afghan capital Kabul, injuring at least four people including two inside a passing Canadian diplomatic car, officials and sources said. Mideast Israel's parliament was poised to reject a referendum bill on the planned Gaza Strip evacuation, removing the last obstacle to the pullout and dealing a severe blow to those staunchly opposed to withdrawal. India Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh accused the world's superpowers of turning a blind eye to nuclear commerce in South Asia, saying it was having an "adverse impact" on his country's security and on global peace. Japan Sony Computer Entertainment said it has been fined 90 million dollars and ordered to halt sales of its blockbuster PlayStation consoles in the United States due to an alleged patent infringement. NKorea North Korea said it was taking countermeasures to prevent the spread of deadly bird flu amid fears that an outbreak could wipe out the country's poultry industry. ISS The Russian cosmonaut and US astronaut manning the International Space Station made a four and a half hour space walk to fix radio antennae to the orbiter and manually launch a small science satellite, Russian ground control told AFP