US A federal grand jury dramatically charged top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby with lying to investigators in a CIA leak probe that has rocked President George W. Bush's administration. Iran Iran said the UN Security Council condemnation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's anti-Israeli remarks was "unacceptable" and dictated by the "Zionist regime", the IRNA agency reported. India At least 50 people died and more were feared killed when a passenger train derailed and toppled into swirling floodwaters in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Mideast-unrest-Gaza Israeli airforce planes carried out two attacks in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources said. Pakistan Pakistani and Indian diplomats met to discuss opening the disputed border in quake-hit Kashmir amid UN warnings time is running out for thousands of survivors stranded in the Himalayan cold. China Chinese President Hu Jintao began the second day of a rare visit to North Korea, gently pushing his hosts to stay at the nuclear negotiating table and engage in bolder economic reforms. US Tropical Storm Beta, the record 23rd storm of the busiest Atlantic hurricane season in history, was upgraded to a hurricane as it lashed the Colombian Caribbean resort island of Providencia. China The World Health Organization requested more information on the death of a 12-year-old girl in an area hit by bird flu as complaints of sluggish business emerged from big-city poultry markets. Kabul US-led coalition and Afghan troops supported by attack helicopters and aircraft killed 14 militants during clashes in Afghanistan in which an Afghan soldier also died, the military said. Frankfurt The new super-jumbo Airbus, the A380, landed in Frankfurt on its first trip to a major airport, as part of a series of tests the airliner must undergo before it enters commercial operation.