Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe predicted a landslide victory for his ruling party in elections that the opposition in Zimbabwe charged were not free and fair despite a campaign that broke away from the political violence of the past five years. Asia Rescuers worked through powerful aftershocks to pull earthquake survivors from the rubble on Indonesia's Nias island, as efforts to bring vital aid were beset by bad weather and logistical foul-ups. Iraq Two car bombs killed at least 10 Iraqis near Shiite shrines as the community marked a major religious festival and a US citizen and three Romanian journalists were shown being held hostage in the violence-plagued country. Vatican Pope John Paul II has lost 19 kilogrammes (40 pounds) since his operation five weeks ago and there was great concern at the Holy See over his chances of recovery, a Vatican source said. US A frenzied legal crusade to save the life of a brain-damaged Florida woman appeared to have come to an end, as the US Supreme Court rejected pleas to prevent Terri Schiavo's imminent death almost two weeks after her feeding tube was removed. Rwanda The main Rwandan Hutu rebel group announced here that it was abandoning its armed struggle against the Kigali government and condemned for the first time the 1994 genocide in the central African country. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan's interim president Kurmanbek Bakiyev got directions on democracy from Ukraine and Georgia -- two other ex-Soviet states where revolts also threw off autocratic regimes -- and from the Organistion for Security and Cooperation in Europe. China Delegates from Taiwan's main opposition party who are paying an historic visit to China secured an invitation for their leader to visit the mainland, but faced growing criticism from political rivals at home. Pakistan Pakistani security agencies have arrested six foreigners with alleged links to Al-Qaeda in a swoop on their hideout near the Afghan border, officials said. Pakistan Pakistan successfully test fired a short-range, nuclear-capable missile, as a minister said that fine print was delaying a formal deal with India on giving prior warning of such tests. Liberia Ivory Coast has recruited scores of child soldiers from next-door Liberia to join the fight against northern rebels, Human Rights Watch said amid final preparations for peace talks in South Africa.