Ukraine One week after Ukraine was plunged into political crisis over a bitterly disputed presidential election, all eyes are on the country's top court as it considers the opposition's demand to annul the poll. Ukraine Russia accused the West of fomenting unrest in Ukraine, further ratcheting up the rhetoric between Moscow and Western capitals over the political crisis in the former Soviet republic. Iraq Leading figures in Iraq resisted calls by several political parties to delay the elections scheduled for January by six months, as the country continued to be hit by the violence that prompted the request. Iraq Hundreds of people marked the 100 days in captivity of two French reporters in Iraq with a silent march through a western French town, while the family of one of the kidnapped men appealed for their release before Christmas. Iran Informal Iran-EU talks to rescue an agreement on a promised Iranian freeze of key nuclear fuel-making activities broke off, opening the door to possible UN sanctions against Tehran, diplomats said. US The United States, stung by insurgent attacks in Iraq, has urged the international community to consider banning all sales of antitank and other heavy landmines, but ruled out its participation in an international conference on mines designed to hurt primarily people. Sudan Visiting EU aid commissioner Louis Michel denounced continued violations of a ceasefire agreement in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, which he said had forced aid workers to flee. Romania Nearly 18 million Romanians are eligible to vote in the first round of a presidential election to replace Ion Iliescu and lead the former communist state into the European Union. Italy Italian police arrested three more members of a local Mafia group which is waging a bloody turf war in the southern port city of Naples, officials said, as media reported the standoff had claimed its 117th victim.