Britain A man in Britain arrested in connection with the July 21 attempted bombings in London was charged by police under anti-terrorism laws, Scotland Yard said. Sudan Riots that erupted in the Sudanese capital following the announcement of former southern rebel leader John Garang's death have left a total of 84 people dead, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. Mauritania Mauritanian President Maaouyia Ould Taya has been ousted and a military junta will rule in his place for no more than two years, a statement by the coup leadership said. Iraq Fourteen marines were killed in one of the deadliest attacks on US forces since the invasion of Iraq, and an American freelance reporter was gunned down in the relatively calm south. US US astronaut Stephen Robinson returned to the International Space Station after making an unprecedented six-hour emergency space walk to make repairs on the Discovery space shuttle. Canada Investigators said a lightning storm that battered Toronto probably played a key role in the crash landing of an Air France jet while the crew was hailed for their bravery after all the passengers survived the fiery ordeal. North Korea Tough North Korean nuclear arms talks stalled on their ninth day as the parties struggled to finalise agreement on the basic principles for ending a three-year standoff with the Stalinist regime. Iran Iran pulled back from an earlier announcement it planned an imminent resumption of ultra-sensitive nuclear activities, amid warnings that such a move would spark an international crisis. Mideast Right-wing activists said they had managed to slip into the doomed Gaza Strip settlements as part of a bid to disrupt Israel's pullout from the territory, due to begin in two weeks. Saudi Saudi Arabia's new King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz vowed to work for justice and serve his people in his first address to the nation after succeeding his late half-brother king Fahd.