Canada An Air France A340 jet with 309 people aboard overshot the runway at Toronto international airport and burst into flames after plunging into a muddy ravine, but all passengers and crew escaped as flames licked the fuselage and smoke filled the cabin. Iran Iran's new President Mahmood Ahmadinejad took office as the country's hardline regime said it hoped to resume some nuclear activities despite the risk of triggering an international crisis. Britain British officials were endeavouring to get a key suspect in the London bombings removed from Italy, while Muslim groups feared a post-attacks backlash after figures showed a sudden and dramatic rise in religious hate crimes. Britain Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa announced that Zambia had agreed to deport a British national to his home country who has been named in US and British media reports as the alleged mastermind of the July 7 London bombings. Mauritania Mauritanian army troops, dominated by presidential guard members, took over the armed forces headquarters, state radio and television buildings in the capital Nouakchott in a coup d'etat, an AFP journalist saw. Mideast The radical Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad said it had ordered its activists to stop firing rockets at Israeli targets in the lead-up to the pullout from the Gaza Strip. Iraq Gunmen shot dead a US freelance journalist in the southern Iraqi city of Basra as Iraqi politicians drafting the new constitution debated details of the charter including rights for Jews. NKorea Tough six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program seemed to be nearing a close as the parties tried to finalise agreement on the basic principles for ending a three-year standoff with the Stalinist regime. Sudan Two senior US envoys were to meet here with the new chief of southern Sudan's ex-rebel group amid fears the weekend death of his predecessor, John Garang, may imperil a landmark peace deal. India India's rain-drenched city of Mumbai, where almost 1,000 people lost their lives in a week-long deluge, surged back to life but aid workers still battling to get relief to battered areas warned the worst is not yet over. Australia Up to 60 Islamic militants are operating in terror cells in Australia and an attack is inevitable, a former intelligence officer warned, sparking controversy by saying racial profiling was unavoidable at such a time. Germany Adidas-Salomon, the German maker of sportswear and equipment, launched a 3.1-billion-euro (3.8-billion-dollar) bid to buy US rival Reebok in an attempt to close the distance on its arch-enemy and world leader, Nike.