Iraq A car bomb killed 10 at a busy market south of Baghdad, the latest in a string of attacks on Shiite targets after Al-Qaeda in Iraq declared all-out war on the country's majority community. Algeria Algerian President Abdelaziz Boutleflika won the support of more than 97 percent of voters for his controversial plans aimed at ending years of violence in the north African country, referendum results showed. Mideast The ruling Palestinian movement Fatah held off a challenge from the radical Islamists of Hamas in a fresh round of elections in the West Bank where more deadly violence flared. UN The United Nations announced plans to ratchet up its battle plan for an expected human avian flu pandemic that could kill up to 150 million people, naming a special coordinator to lead a global strategy to contain it. US New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from prison after agreeing to testify in a federal probe on the outing of an undercover CIA agent, the newspaper said. Japan A Japanese court ruled that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to a controversial war shrine violated the constitution, in a moral victory for victims of Japan's war-time aggression. EU The British presidency of the European Union stressed the "enormous strategic importance" of bringing Turkey into the EU fold despite Austrian objections to full membership. Germany German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his conservative rival <a class="textLink" href="https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/tematy-angela-merkel,gsbi,1019" title="Angela Merkel" target="_blank">Angela Merkel</a> were back on the campaign trail ahead of weekend voting in the eastern city of Dresden which will complete the inconclusive general election. Indonesia Indonesia was set to raise fuel prices by as much as 50 percent to offset soaring world oil values despite continuing protests against the move.