Singapore French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair went head-to-head in Singapore in final campaigning for the 2012 Olympic Games, in a battle insiders said had come down to Paris or London. G8 Britain lowered expectations for a summit of rich nations aimed at fighting poverty in Africa and combating global warming but activists kept up the heat on the eve of the gathering. Libya African Union heads of state and government unanimously adopted a "common position" for presentation to G8 summit, calling for the debt of all African countries to be forgiven across the board by all creditors and for all agricultural subsidies to be abolished, an official said. India Six gunmen were killed after storming a holy compound in India claimed by both Hindus and Muslims, prompting a nationwide security alert to prevent an outbreak of religious violence. Iraq Bahrain's top diplomat in Iraq was wounded in an ambush and the Pakistani ambassador narrowly escaped an assassination attempt, as insurgents targeted Muslim envoys in an apparent new tactic. Mideast Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the army and police were ready to implement Israel's historic Gaza Strip pullout, insisting that extremist violence against the plan was totally unacceptable. Albania The Democrat Party of former Albanian president Sali Berisha was well ahead of the governing Socialists as vote counting continued from the country's general election at the weekend, the election commission said. Mideast Mahmud Abbas is to hold talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Thursday in their first meeting since his election as Palestinian leader in January, a Palestinian official said. Germany Beleaguered German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder geared up for possible early elections with a party platform aimed at fighting off a strong challenge from conservative rival Angela Merkel and a mounting threat from the left. Germany A German teenager confessed on the first day of his trial to creating the Internet Sasser worm that waylaid millions of computers around the globe last year, a court official said. Indonesia The first polio outbreak to hit Indonesia in a decade has now infected 111 children, the World Health Organisation said, confirming dozens of new cases and urging wider immunisation. Philippines Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said she would welcome impeachment so that she can refute opposition allegations that she cheated in last year's elections.