Indonesia Indonesia said suicide bombers carried out the blasts that killed at least 26 on the resort island of Bali, and that the attacks bore the hallmark of Islamic militants linked to Al-Qaeda. EU European Union foreign ministers were set for emergency last-ditch talks in Luxembourg to try to break a deadlock threatening the planned start of landmark EU membership talks with Turkey. Iraq US forces, backed by fighter aircraft and helicopter gunships, killed eight insurgents in a sweep along Iraq's border with Syria as rebels struck the capital with bombs and mortar fire. Mideast Israel suspended an offensive against militants in the Gaza Strip, including targeted killings, to give Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas time for his own crackdown before talks with President George W. Bush. Germany Voters in the German city of Dresden were casting the last ballots in the inconclusive national election in what could offer a breakthrough in a bitter power struggle over who will be the next chancellor. Vatican Pope Benedict XVI opened a three-week meeting of over 250 Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican, telling the synod it was "hypocritical" to exclude religion from public life. Iraq Five judges have been chosen for the much-anticipated trial this month of toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein over the massacre of Shiite Muslim villagers in 1982, a source close to the court said. Ethiopia The Ethiopian government will meet opposition groups after they called off a three-day general strike, an official said. France Tensions remained high on the French island of Corsica after more violence sparked by the row over privatisation of a state-owned ferry company, but thousands of tourists finally managed to leave for the mainland.