US NASA on Monday delayed by 24 hours the landing of its space shuttle Discovery, citing weather conditions. Japan Japan's parliament rejected Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's proposal to break up the powerful post office, a defeat expected to lead to new elections next month. Iran Iran looked set to resume sensitive nuclear fuel work after the arrival of UN inspectors at a uranium conversion plant, a move that would put it on a collision course with the West. Mideast Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stiffened his resolve to push ahead with the Gaza pullout after the resignation of his chief rival as polls showed public support for the evacuation holding up. Britain The first suspects in the London bombings were to appear in court at a high-security prison as prosecutors mull over whether to slap treason charges on hardline Islamist clerics. Yemen Six Al-Qaeda suspects were sentenced by a Yemeni court to up to four years in prison after being convicted of plotting attacks on Western targets in Gulf States. China Hopes faded for 101 workers trapped deep underground in a flooded coal mine in southern China with water levels rapidly rising, as a gas blast at another pit killed 14. US Benon Sevan, the former head of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq, has resigned from the world body and criticized UN chief Kofi Annan for "sacrificing" him as he faced an inquiry into his role in the scandal-plagued aid scheme, his lawyer said. Philippines Residents of a self-governing Muslim-majority area in the southern Philippines voted for new leaders in a poll boycotted by former Islamic separatists who had held power for nearly a decade. US Peter Jennings, a Canadian journalist who had won over America with his congenial and matter-of-fact style in the anchor chair of ABC News, died after a brief bout with lung cancer, his family and employer announced. He was 67.