Vietnam Tens of thousands of people marked the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a colourful commemoration that pushed aside communist ideology to focus on economic prosperity. Nepal Nepal's King Gyanendra lifted a state of emergency he clamped on the Himalayan kingdom when he grabbed power three months ago after coming under heavy world pressure to restore democracy. Iraq Iraq's new cabinet was under pressure even before it started work as Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari struggled to complete his government line-up, a day after a string of car bombs left a trail of devastation across the country. Iran Iran is unhappy with the progress of nuclear negotiations with the European Union and may resume uranium conversion activities next week in defiance of their agreement, a senior official said. Iraq Foreign ministers of countries neighboring Iraq gathered here to discuss the post-war political process in the country and lend support to the new government in Baghdad. Salvador US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in El Salvador late Friday for a brief visit to the only Latin American nation contributing troops to the US-led military effort in Iraq. Taiwan The head of Taiwan's main opposition party continued his China "peace journey" in his birthplace Xian as state media praised his meeting with the Communist Party leader as a historic step forward. Pakistan Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi began a visit to Pakistan for talks on counter-terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation, UN reforms and a new phase in bilateral economic and political relations. Cambodia Cambodia welcomed a UN announcement that enough money was in hand to set up a long-awaited tribunal to try leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime, 30 years after the start of the genocide that decimated the country. Togo A top UN official warned that the post-election violence in Togo was "getting out of control," with "indiscriminate" attacks against civilians as the death toll topped 100 in the west African nation.