Iraq The new Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, Ihab al-Sharif, has been kidnapped in Baghdad, an embassy employee said. Saudi The suspected Saudi frontman of the Al-Qaeda network, Yunis Mohammed Ibrahim al-Hayari of Morocco, was killed in a shootout with security forces in Riyadh, the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel reported. Britain A rock extravaganza across 10 star-studded concerts globe-wide thundered to a close in a bid to push the world's most powerful men to end poverty in Africa. US A US spacecraft traveling far in the solar system successfully fired a projectile that will collide with a comet as part of a unique experiment to study its makeup, US space officials said. Albania Albanians began voting in legislative elections seen as crucial to their country's ambition to join the European Union but overshadowed by fears that whatever the result it will be rejected by the loser and even lead to violence. India Relief efforts in India's flood-hit western Gujarat state gathered pace during a lull in heavy rains that have killed 124 people and affected 25 million, as the weather office predicted a new downpour in the next two days. Japan To head off an expected explosion in HIV infections, Asia must focus on vulnerable groups such as sex workers, drug users and gay men by providing clean needles, condoms and education, experts said at a conference on AIDS here. China Thousands of farmers demonstrated against a government-backed land grab in China's southern Guangdong province, with clashes erupting after police detained some protestors, a rights group said. Singapore British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Singapore in a bid to try and win over IOC members as London attempts to win the right to host the 2012 Olympics.