* A fugitive former Serbian general, Vlastimir Djordjevic, was arrested in Montenegro on charges of committing war crimes against Kosovo Albanians in 1998-99, a court official said
* A gunmen leader and a mastermind of the bloody school siege in Beslan, Ruslan Aushev, was killed in a special forces operation in southern Russia, the special services said
* Moldova's election authorities said they had to close down a polling station in a disputed area with the breakaway Transdnestr Region to avoid violence
* In Palestinian territories:
- A new Palestinian government, formed by pro-Western Fatah member Salam Fayyad on the presidential orders, was sworn in
- Israel's premier, Ehud Olmert, said a new Palestinian government without the radical Islamic movement Hamas was a partner, raising hopes for further peace talks
- Israel suspended fuel supplies to filling stations in Gaza, controlled by Hamas, amid a violent factional conflict in Palestinian territories, the Yedioth Ahronoth paper said
- A quartet of mediators in the Middle East conflict agreed the Palestinian leader's decision to dissolve a coalition government and form an emergency Cabinet is legitimate, a joint statement said
- The government of Egypt expressed full support for the new Palestinian government and urged the international community to follow suit
- At least a thousand desperate Palestinians, mostly Fatah supporters, gathered in Gaza near the Erez checkpoint on the border with Israel in an attempt to leave the enclave
