World -- January 8, 2006

• Arrest warrant issued for US serviceman in Japan on murder charge: report
• 'Bulldozer' fights for life after operation
• Death toll in Saudi hotel collapse up to 53
• Death toll in Saudi hotel collapse up to 76
• EU regrets Iran's decision to resume suspended nuclear activities

• Freed Italian hostages describe ordeal
• Iran says kidnappers of Iranian soldiers backed by Washington
• Japan busy coping with snowfall
• Pakistan to investigate U.S. bombing reports
• Roundup: Japan seeks closer ties with India

• Sri Lankan Navy boat sinks after explosion, search launched
• Sharon undergoes new brain scan under planned procedure
• US Navy places sailor in custody over murder
• Ukraine to sign governmental gas pact for 2006 with Russia: Ukrainian PM
• U.S. female journalist kidnapped, her interpreter killed in Baghdad