Iraq Residents of the city of Samarra collected the bodies of their relatives two days after a massive US-Iraqi operation to root out rebels, as US warplanes pounded Fallujah for a third time in just over 24 hours. Mideast Two senior members of the Palestinian radical Islamic group Hamas were seriously injured in an Israeli helicopter gunship attack in Gaza City overnight, Palestinian hospital and security sources said. USA US President George W. Bush's campaign was forced further on the defensive by a report that the White House knew before invading Iraq that key intelligence on the country's alleged nuclear weapons program was questionable. Iran Iran's hardline parliament dealt a fresh blow to the already isolated reformist government of President Mohammad Khatami by voting unanimously to impeach his transport minister. USA A tremor shook Mount St. Helens for 25 minutes, prompting scientists to warn of an imminent eruption two days after the volcano came back to life. India India's insurgency-racked northeast was reeling from one of its deadliest waves of violence in years, as police reported more killings that brought the weekend death toll to 59 with 205 injured. Slovenia Slovenia's centre-right opposition coalition won a narrow upset victory in the first national elections since the former Yugoslav republic joined the EU, ending 12 years of nearly continuous control by liberals. Serbia Pro-Western reformers and hardliners both scored major victories in the first local elections in Serbia since nationalist strongman Slobodan Milosevic was ousted four years. France Anti-terrorist police arrested the political leader of Spain's armed Basque separatist group ETA in raids in France and Spain that resulted in arms caches and other suspected members being seized, officials said. Vatican Pope John Paul II beatified the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, Charles I, who is remembered in Austria for authorising the use of mustard gas during World War I. Brazil US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in Brazil on Monday to thank President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for his leadership on issues like Haiti, democracy in Venezuela and the region, a sign that a mature bilateral relationship has overcome recent spats.