Russia Chechen rebels vowed to continue their battle against Russia after the death of their leader Aslan Maskhadov, sparking fears that the passing of the moderate chief will lead to increased attacks by radical separatists in the war-torn republic. Iraq Thirty people were found shot dead in a known troublespot on the Iraq-Syrian border and a suicide truck bomb attack on Baghdad's agriculture ministry and a hotel occupied by US contractors killed four and wounded 40. Italy Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said his government demanded the "maximum collaboration" from the United States in its quest for the truth surrounding the killing of its senior intelligence officer in a friendly fire incident in Iraq. Kosovo Former Kosovo prime minister and guerrilla leader Ramush Haradinaj surrendered to the United Nations war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and was detained ahead of an upcoming court appearance. Bosnia Bosnia's first home-grown war crimes court was inaugurated in what has been described as a milestone for justice following the 1992-95 conflict in the former Yugoslav republic. Lebanon Lebanon's outgoing prime minister Omar Karameh was tipped to head a new government, less than two weeks after he resigned in the face of massive opposition protests over Syria's dominant role in the country. South Africa Forty-two miners were trapped more than two kilometres underground in a gold mine after a quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit South Africa's central mining heartland, leaving at least 63 injured, mining and police spokesmen said. North Ireland British Prime Minister Tony Blair threatened to exclude the main Catholic party Sinn Fein from Northern Ireland politics after he denounced the violent tactics of its IRA military wing. South Africa South African investigators exhumed the first bodies of hundreds of freedom fighters who went missing during apartheid, ending their families' long and anxious search for their remains. China China ignored a US call for it to rethink a law that provides a legal basis for military action against Taiwan, telling lawmakers it was their "solemn mission" to pass the legislation.