WWII With prayers, wreaths and emotional calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons, the Japanese city of Hiroshima marked the 60th anniversary of the world's first atomic attack. Iran An international crisis loomed after Iran rejected as "unacceptable" a package of incentives offered by the European Union in return for its abandoning sensitive nuclear activities. Iran New President Mahmood Ahmadinejad said Iran would respect international regulations but would not accept "submission" to any other nation, as he took the oath of office before parliament. Sudan A plane carrying the coffin of late Sudanese vice president and ex-rebel leader John Garang arrived in southern Sudan's main city of Juba as thousands of mourners gathered for his funeral. Russia British and US teams joined the Russian navy in a desperate race to save the seven crew members of a Russian mini-submarine trapped with dwindling oxygen supplies on the Pacific Ocean floor. US The Discovery crew bid farewell to their two hosts in space and readied for the home journey of the first space shuttle flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster. NKorea US and North Korean negotiators met as the top US envoy warned "not enough progress" has been made in marathon six-nation talks aimed at convincing Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear programs. Mideast Israel's Arab community mulled its response to a deadly shooting by a Jewish extremist opposed to this month's Gaza pullout, as efforts intensified to prevent the withdrawal from sparking fresh violence. Iraq At least four Iraqis, including two soldiers and a policeman, were killed and 11 wounded in a spate of insurgent attacks, one of them targeting a US patrol in Baghdad, security sources said. Britain Three more people faced terrorist-related charges in London, a day after Prime Minister Tony Blair rolled out tough new measures to crack down on Islamist extremism in Britain. Ethiopia Ethiopia's two main opposition groups called for the formation of a national unity government to overcome outstanding bitter disagreements over disputed May polls that sparked deadly violence in the capital.