Vatican An unending stream up people flowed in and out of St Peter's Basilica as they joined a long, fond farewell to the late Pope John Paul II. Poland Some 200,000 people from around Poland were expected to converge on the Polish capital Warsaw for an open-air mass in memory of native son, Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday, aged 84. Iraq A meeting of Sunni Arabs in Baghdad to propose a candidate for vice president in Iraq's next coalition government ended in shouts and curses, underlining the divisions among the community after its loss of power. US-Ukraine US President George W. Bush pledged to help Ukraine battle corruption and join NATO and the World Trade Organization as he rolled out the red carpet for Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. Russia-Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan's ousted president Askar Akayev formally resigned from his post, ending the political uncertainty that followed the sudden toppling of his longtime regime in the key Central Asian nation. Saudi Two suspected leaders of the Al-Qaeda network in Saudi Arabia have been killed in clashes with security forces that have been raging for two days, Al-Arabiya television reported from the Saudi capital. Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was preparing for showdown talks with settlers over his plans to uproot them from the Gaza Strip as his top lieutenants laid the groundwork for next week's summit with US President George W. Bush. Austria-Iran Iran still hopes to strike a deal with the European Union on its peaceful use of nuclear energy and assuage fears that it is trying to develop atomic weapons, President Mohammad Khatami said here. Britain Britain's Prince Charles and his partner Camilla Parker Bowles postponed their wedding by 24 hours to Saturday, enabling the Prince of Wales to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Angola An outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus has intensified in Angola, claiming more than 29 lives over the past four days and taking the nationwide toll to 155, heightening fear of the disease in the capital Luanda, authorities said. Fiji A Fijian cabinet minister and high chief has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his role in the May 2000 coup after being found guilty of unlawful assembly. Japan Six people died overnight when two Japanese brothers in their 40s made a pact to strangle to death their family and then stab each other with knives, police said.