Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urged the country to unite on after an election lauded by world leaders as a historic breakthrough that must not be undermined by sectarian conflict. Iraq Both supporters and opponents of the US-led occupation of Iraq on greeted the elections there as a key breakthrough toward the restoration of sovereignty in the war-torn country. Iraq Britain said 10 military personnel died in the crash of a military transport plane in Iraq but that it was too early to comment on claims it was shot down by Islamic militants. US Embattled pop star Michael Jackson arrived at court to the screams of ecstatic fans to face trial on charges of child molestation. Kuwait Kuwaiti security forces fought their biggest battle yet with suspected Islamist militants, killing four including a Saudi and arresting the radicals' spiritual leader and five others, the interior ministry and state TV said. US A US federal judge ruled that military tribunals for international terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay Naval base are unconstitutional, leaving in doubt the fate of hundreds of detainees at the US-run detention center in Cuba. Cuba The European Union suspended diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, easing a standoff triggered by a clampdown on dissidents by Havana in 2003 -- but it vowed to maintain pressure on Fidel Castro. Britain The first of 12 foreign terrorism suspects still held indefinitely without charge in British jails was granted bail, after the government was forced to amend its anti-terror policy. Mideast Palestinians prepared to assume security control from Israel in four West Bank cities as their leader Mahmud Abbas saw an historic chance for peace although a lull in violence was broken. Sudan The Sudanese foreign minister said peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebels in the restive western Darfur region were to resume in February in the Nigerian capital. Croatia The UN war crimes court in The Hague sentenced former Yugoslav general Pavle Strugar to eight years in prison for his role in the 1991 siege of the medieval Croatian town of Dubrovnik.