Saudi Saudis and foreign dignitaries were to pay their respects to King Fahd in a funeral which is the final act in a 23-year reign that saw him steer the kingdom through the most turbulent decades in its history. Sudan At least 42 people were killed in riots that erupted in the Sudanese capital following the announcement of the death of First Vice President and former southern rebel leader John Garang in a helicopter crash. Sudan Sudanese ex-rebel leader John Garang is to be buried in Juba, the town he chose to be the capital of an autonomous southern Sudan, his Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army says. US Discovery astronauts were preparing tools and techniques they will use for an unprecedented repair operation on the shuttle's thermal shield to ensure it can make a safe return to Earth. Mideast Thousands of settlers and their supporters were gathering in southern Israel for a giant rally to protest against the imminent pullout of troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip. Britain Police quizzed two more men as part of a widening investigation into last month's failed bomb attacks on London, as officials moved to extradite one of the key suspects from Italy. Zimbabwe Zimbabwean prosecutors scrapped treason charges against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai over mass protests held in 2003 that the state argued were aimed at overthrowing President Robert Mugabe. Iran An explosive device with a weak charge went off outside the offices of British Airways and British Petroleum in the Iranian capital, without causing casualties, the British embassy said. Iran Iran defiantly took the first steps towards a resumption of sensitive nuclear work which risks plunging talks with the European Union into crisis and exposing Tehran to UN Security Council action. NKorea The United States said it had failed to overcome key differences with North Korea in talks on its nuclear weapons programs, indicating negotiations were headed for a stalemate as they dragged into a second week. Japan Japan's lower house of parliament adopted a resolution on the 60th anniversary of World War II stating Tokyo regrets the "suffering" it caused in Asia but avoiding the word "aggression" used in a similar statement in 1995. India Tens of thousands of workers pressed with a massive clean-up in India's rain-lashed financial hub Mumbai as heavy monsoon downpours let up for the first time in a week.