Baltics US President George W. Bush spared no praise for the Baltic states, holding them up as examples for countries struggling to emerge from communism and tyranny, on the first stop of a trip through Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II on the continent. Myanmar Myanmar's military government said at least 11 people were killed in four bomb explosions that struck the capital Yangon, but witnesses said dozens of people died in the unprecedented attacks. Iraq Two American security guards were among at least 18 killed in a massive explosion in Baghdad, as Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari announced he had completed his list for a national unity cabinet. Lebanon Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition prepared to welcome home from exile Christian hardliner Michel Aoun amid a parliamentary crisis over a disputed electoral law and calls for the president to be sacked. WWII France marked the anniversary of the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, which took place in the early hours of the morning 60 years ago in a school used as the supreme allied headquarters. France French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin was to undergo a gall bladder operation shortly after being hospitalised in Paris, his press office said. Britain Questions were raised about whether Prime Minister Tony Blair will retire early despite winning a record third election with a healthy, albeit reduced, majority in the British parliament barely 48 hours earlier. Britain Chances of a power-sharing government in Northen Ireland faded after the moderate Protestant leader David Trimble said he would quit following defeat in an election that handed more power to hardline Catholic and Protestant parties. ASEM Japan and China clashed over memories of the past but agreed to take small steps forward including a joint study of their history to get their relations off rock bottom. Afghanistan Two people were killed and five wounded in an explosion at an Internet cafe in the Afghan capital Kabul.