Asia The death toll in Asia's tsunami disaster passed the 125,000 mark as clocks ticked down to a desolate new year in countries struggling to get food and water to millions facing starvation and disease. Starvation, injury and disease are pushing massive numbers of refugees in tsunami-devastated Aceh closer to death "every minute", the United Nations warned as the number of Indonesians confirmed killed in the disaster climbed towards 100,000. Indonesia, the country worst hit by the Asian-wide tsunami disaster, said it would host a major international summit starting January 6 to discuss strategies for overcoming the catastrophe and raising more aid. An international donors' conference to organize assistance to victims of this week's devastating Indian Ocean tidal wave could take place in Geneva January 11, the European Union humanitarian aid commissioner said here. The World Bank said it was allocating 100 million dollars to Sri Lanka out of an immediate budget of 250 million dollars for nations devastated by the tsunamis. Argentina At least 175 people were killed and 619 were injured in a fire at a Buenos Aires discotheque packed with 2,000 teenagers that had its emergency exits padlocked, Mayor Anibal Ibarra said. Sudan Khartoum and the main southern rebel group agreed on the last issues in their lengthy peace talks in Kenya, paving the way to signing a comprehensive peace deal to end Africa's longest-running conflict. Iraq Radical Islamist groups in Iraq warned they would strike against the country's landmark elections next month as US soldiers detained 49 suspects in a pre-dawn raid on an insurgent stronghold. Israel The formation of a new Israeli government, bringing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's right-wing Likud into a coalition with Labour, could be delayed by the demands of a small ultra-Orthodox party, officials said. Russia The Russian government said it had ordered the construction of an oil pipeline link through eastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean opposite Japan. Uganda Intense negotiations got under way between Uganda's government and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels to agree on a ceasefire text to end 18 years of bloody conflict, officials said.