World -- August 24, 2005

• Arroyo rejects proposal for coalition with opposition to end political crisis
• Abducted French soundman repatriated
• Burundi's election stages peace, stability: Rwandan president
• Codification of Iraqi draft constitution valuable: Iran
• EU cancels nuclear meeting with Iran

• French government to reinforce surveillance against terrorism
• Gunmen attack senior Iraqi official in western Baghdad
• German Chancellor nominated for Nobel peace prize
• Indian prime minister to visit Afghanistan
• Israel completes settlement evacuation in Gaza Strip, part of W. Bank

• Iraq's biggest Sunni party takes swipe at draft constitution
• Jailed Russian oil tycoon goes on hunger strike: lawyer
• No outside review of Zanzibar voters register: minister
• Over 70 killed in Peru airliner crash
• Putin signs decree on Chechen parliamentary elections

• Roundup: Australian Muslim leaders denounce terrorism, expressing concern over issue of Iraq
• Rice to meet with South Korean FM
• US condemns bombings in Bangladesh
• US, DPRK make diplomatic contact again