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. China A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in north China's Shaanxi province, trapping 170 miners in what threatens to be the worst disaster to hit the world's biggest coal producer in recent years. Iran Iran-EU talks to rescue an agreement on an Iranian freeze of key nuclear fuel-making activities broke off, opening the door to moves towards UN sanctions when the UN atomic agency meets Monday, diplomats told AFP. Australia Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he was confident the Association of Southeast Asian Nations would agree to begin talks on a free trade deal with Australia and New Zealand during a summit next week. 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 Romanians went to the polls for a general election and the first round of a presidential vote, marking the end of the era of Ion Iliescu in the former Soviet state. 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.