Mideast Yasser Arafat remained in a coma in a French hospital as the Palestinian and Israeli governments made preparations to prevent a descent into anarchy in the event of the veteran leader's death. Iraq Six British and US soldiers have been killed in attacks in Iraq over the past 24 hours, while warplanes continued to pound rebel-held Fallujah and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi tried to rally European support for his battered country. EU European leaders were urged to forget their past divisions over Iraq, but tensions lingered as they met the country's interim leader for lunch, with French President Jacques Chirac notably absent. Iran Iran and the European Union held last-chance talks in Paris with both sides seeking a compromise over Teheran's nuclear programme in order to head off a US-led bid to bring the matter before the UN Security Council. US A group linked to Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network threatened the United States with reprisals after the re-election of President George W. Bush, warning of "unbearable hell," in a website statement. US President George W. Bush was mulling changes to his cabinet at the presidential retreat of Camp David, Maryland, after claiming a broad popular mandate and vowing to stick to his political agenda. US European leaders are waking up to the "new reality" of George W. Bush's re-election as US president after four years of rancour over Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said. Afghanistan Afghanistan's first popularly-chosen president Hamid Karzai vowed to end private militias, signalling a fight against powerful warlords as he claimed his mandate in a sweeping election victory. Indonesia-Timor The only Indonesian jailed for abuses during East Timor's violence-marred independence vote has been cleared on appeal in a move that has angered rights groups and embarrassed the Jakarta government.