Poland Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski officially named a minority conservative government headed by Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz after the failure of coalition talks with liberals. Syria Syria was fearing the worst ahead of a UN vote that could see Damascus threatened with international sanctions over its implication in the assassination of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri. US US President George W. Bush nominated a conservative appeals court judge, Samuel Alito, to the Supreme Court in a move expected to heal a rift in his Republican party. Tanzania Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon to break up jubilant opposition supporters claiming victory in weekend elections on Tanzania's volatile Zanzibar archipelago, witnesses said. Mideast Thousands of Palestinian mourners buried two Islamic Jihad operatives shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank as Israel vowed to carry on its offensive against militants. Germany Germany's incoming left-right coalition government was set to unveil plans for the biggest budget savings package in the country's history. Japan Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi picked outspoken conservatives as his new top ministers, probably spelling more tension with Asian neighbors in his remaining year in office. India Police stepped up what they called one of the biggest ever manhunts in the Indian capital, which was cloaked in tight security after a weekend attack claimed by Islamic militants. Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said he was not opposed to transferring Saddam Hussein's half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti from his prison to a hospital for cancer treatment. Spain Princess Letizia, the wife of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, gave birth to the couple's first child, a baby girl named Leonor, intensifying a debate within the country over the royal succession. US The body of Rosa Parks, the seamstress who sparked a black movement for civil rights by refusing to give up her bus seat 50 years ago, was to lie in honor at the US Capitol for a second day.