Iraq Iraq's first democratically elected government in half a century was due to be sworn in, after weeks of haggling that saw a sharp rise in insurgent attacks. Taiwan-China China offered a series of goodwill gestures to Taiwan including the symbolic gift of two giant pandas, as the island's opposition leader wrapped up a landmark visit that has created new optimism about cross-strait relations. Somalia At least seven people were killed and 28 wounded by a blast in a stadium in the capital Mogadishu where the country's transition prime minister was addressing a crowd. Iran Iran announced it will resume certain nuclear activities suspended as part of a deal with the European Union, but said it intended to maintain a freeze on uranium enrichment and continue talks with the EU. Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair came in for a slew of personal attacks over Iraq as he tried to win over unprecedented numbers of undecided voters who have sent jitters through his Labour Party just 48 hours before elections. Mideast Senior Israeli ministers gave their backing to plans to keep intact rather than demolish the homes of Jewish settlers in Gaza after they are uprooted from the Palestinian territory this summer. Indonesia The World Health Organisation said a case of the crippling polio virus had been detected in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, indicating that an outbreak rooted in Africa had leapt the Indian Ocean. France China sought to assure France that it was taking concrete steps to stem a surge in textile exports to Europe and predicted that the pace of such shipments would ease further between now and July. Netherlands Mohammed Bouyeri, the man accused of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, played "a leading role" in an Islamic terrorist organisation dubbed the Hofstad group, a prosecutor said in a procedural hearing on the group. Togo Supporters of Togo's ruling party candidate Faure Gnassingbe gathered under tight security ahead of official results expected to confirm he will succeed his father as president of the west African state.