WWII World leaders gathered in Moscow for a grandiose Red Square parade commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany, as Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to unite the world against terrorism and soothe renewed East-West tensions. WWII US President George W. Bush took time out from World War II commemorations to meet with human rights advocates and other critics of his host, Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid acrimony over Moscow's past in Europe and concern about democratic progress. Iraq US forces said they killed 75 Iraqi and foreign rebels over a 24-hour period in a sweep of a desert area close to the Syrian border, a base for Iraq's most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Iraq At least seven Iraqis were killed, including two policemen and the head of a protection force for oil facilities, police and hospital sources said, as insurgents continued to strike at security forces. Afghanistan Two US Marines and up to 23 militants were killed in a clash in eastern Afghanistan amid an upsurge in violence by suspected Taliban rebels which has claimed around 90 lives in the past week. Mideast Hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators clashed with police in pitched battles on the streets of occupied east Jerusalem after Israeli authorities limited access to the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Mideast International Middle East mediators from the "quartet" group met here and encouraged Israel's partial withdrawal from the Palestinian territories. NKorea North Korea breathed life into battered hopes for a resumption of dialogue to end its nuclear weapons drive amid conflicting reports that it was ready to test an atomic bomb. Taiwan Taiwan Premier Frank Hsieh said the worst time in relations with China was over, following a historic visit to the mainland by an opposition leader from the island. Belgium Two Rwandan businessmen went on trial here before a Brussels criminal court for their alleged roles in the 1994 genocide in their country. Tunisia Tunisia's ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally swept weekend municipal elections in the north African country, winning 94 percent of the 4,366 seats at stake, provisional results showed. Burundi Burundi's president said he had reached agreement with his main political rival in a dispute over the appointment of a new interior minister that threatened to derail the country's peace process.