Iraq Iraq's first democratically elected government in half a century was sworn in, but the line-up remained incomplete as wrangling continued over the attribution of key portfolios to the minority Sunni Arabs. UN Iran is determined to carry out uranium enrichment and will not abandon such nuclear fuel work as a guarantee it is not making nuclear weapons, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi said. Mideast The honeymoon between Ariel Sharon and Mahmud Abbas is well and truly over, with the Israeli premier accusing his Palestinian counterpart of failing to lift a finger against militants and freezing plans to transfer responsibility for security in the West Bank. Britain Britain's weary politicians were embarking on one final campaigning push a day before an election which appears increasingly likely to hand Prime Minister Tony Blair a third straight term in office. France French President Jacques Chirac, buoyed by polls that show the 'yes' camp gaining ground ahead of the EU constitution referendum, appealed to skeptical left-leaning voters to support the text. Somalia At least 15 people were killed and nearly 40 wounded in a bomb blast at a Mogadishu stadium where Somalia's transitional prime minister was addressing a large crowd, police and hospital officials said. Mauritania-Israel Mauritania could act as a bridge between Israel and the Arab world, Israel's foreign minister Silvan Shalom said, calling its role key to improving relations in the Middle East. US-Venezuela US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the United States would not intervene to remove the government of President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and suggested it could eventually lose power on its own. Indonesia A second case of polio has been confirmed in Indonesia following the detection of a strain of the crippling virus believed to have originated from Africa, health authorities said. Togo Faure Gnassingbe was declared winner of Togo's April 24 election, succeeding his father as president of the west African country wracked by unrest that has killed at least 100 people in the last week and sent tens of thousands fleeing. SriLanka Sri Lanka's president said she is determined to reach a deal with Tamil rebels about the distribution of aid after the December tsunami, despite the risk it could see her shaky coalition collapse, it was reported. 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.