Ukraine Ukraine's parliament met in emergency session at which the opposition was expected to put forward a motion of no-confidence in Viktor Yanukovich, the country's pro-Russian prime minister and declared winner of bitterly-disputed presidential elections that have plunged the country into crisis. Ukraine Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, the declared winner of the disputed presidential election, said he would agree to a new vote being held if neither he nor opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko ran the office. Iran Iran boasted that it had humiliated the United States at the UN's atomic watchdog by agreeing to what it insisted was only a temporary freeze of it suspect nuclear programme. Mideast Israel's beleaguered Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was scrambling to find a parliamentary majority for the 2005 state budget after warning that he is prepared to call fresh elections. Qaeda Osama bin Laden's senior lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, warned in his second video appearance in a year that the Al-Qaeda terror network would go on with its fight against the United States. Philippines Rescuers were desperately searching for survivors after floods and landslides unleashed by a tropical storm in the Philippines killed more than 100 people, most buried alive under tonnes of debris, officials said. ASEAN Southeast Asian leaders were to wrap up meetings in Laos, where renewed embarrassment over military-ruled Myanmar, which sent out mixed signals on its commitment to reform, threatened to overshadow the signing of historic trade deals with China. Japan In an unprecedented public feud within Japan's imperial family, the crown prince has come under fire from his brother for making public criticism of the royal household's treatment of the crown princess. China Rescue teams resigned themselves to pulling only corpses out of a coal mine where 103 workers remain trapped underground, as the Chinese media demanded investment to mechanize the industry and improve safety. Myanmar Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains in good spirits despite facing another year under house arrest while the military regime tries to secure its goal of long-term control, a source close to her party said. Russia Thousands of faithful in southern Russia braved heavy snow and freezing temperatures to see and hear the Dalai Lama as he continued his long-awaited visit to the Buddhist region of Kalmykia despite Chinese protests. US A videotape of the late princess Diana talking frankly about her sex life with Prince Charles and suggesting that a lover on her royal staff was "bumped off" was broadcast on US television.