Iraq Fighting raged in the west of Fallujah, killing at least 12 people after US and Iraqi troops seized a hospital and two bridges and US warplanes pounded the rebel city amid mounting expectations of an all-out assault. Iraq At least four Iraqis were killed and over a dozen wounded, including a US soldier, in car bomb attacks in the restive Sunni Muslim city of Ramadi and the northern town of Mosul, medical sources said. Iraq An Al-Qaeda linked group released a video showing what it claimed to be the suicide attack south of Baghdad last week that killed three soldiers from Britain's Black Watch regiment. Mideast Three of Yasser Arafat's top lieutenants have decided that they will travel to France after all to visit the ailing Palestinian leader in hospital after scrapping earlier plans when Arafat's wife accused them of wanting to bury her husband alive, a Palestinian cabinet minister said. Australia The world must take immediate action against the real threat of nuclear terrorism to prevent a September 11-style outrage, the head of the UN's atomic energy watchdog agency warned. Egypt Egyptian authorities closed the Suez Canal after a disabled 89,000-tonne oil tanker defied efforts by tugs for a second day to free the waterway and release more than 60 blocked ships. Netherlands A Dutch court ruled that the Netherlands cannot extradite Nuriye Kesbir, a senior member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party wanted for attacks on military targets, to Turkey, ANP news agency reported. China China has identified 97 officials it will punish for a scandal in which 13 babies died and nearly 200 suffered malnutrition after drinking fake milk powder, state press said.