Russia President Vladimir Putin was due to host fellow leaders at World War II anniversary ceremonies, seen by Russia as a tribute to its unrivaled sacrifice in defeating Nazi Germany but darkened by stormy debate over Moscow's postwar behavior in Europe. Russia-Japan Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi arrived in Moscow to take part in the ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany, the first Japanese leader to take part in major commemorations for the end of the war in Europe. NKorea China and South Korea have pledged to work harder to ensure the North Korean nuclear standoff is resolved peacefully, state media said, following reports that Pyongyang could be preparing an atomic test. US-NKorea A UN atomic agency estimate that North Korea could have six nuclear weapons ratcheted up official Washington's worries that the Stalinist state may test a bomb as early as next month. Iraq In the latest of a string of mishaps for Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari's "national unity" government, Iraq's new cabinet was barely in place before one of the newly-appointed ministers quit. Australia A tense two-day siege at an Australian maximum security jail, in which inmates seized part of the prison and took hostages, ended peacefully. Afghanistan Two American soldiers were killed in a clash with a group of insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, the US military said. SKorea-China Mistakes by poorly trained flight crew caused the crash of an Air China International passenger jet in South Korea, resulting in the death of 129 people on board, aviation authorities said. Indonesia A strong aftershock measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the capital of Indonesia's Aceh province, Banda Aceh, prompting panic among the population, residents said. Indonesia Former Indonesian president Suharto, who was rushed to hospital five days ago, is still suffering from intestinal bleeding but overall his condition was "quite good,", doctors said.