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New paragraphs 7-8 make clear U.S. Congress passed law in 1995 that said Jerusalem was capital of Israel and U.S. embassy should move there. But successive presidents, who set foreign policy, have refused to move embassy and U.S. diplomats say U.S. policy is aligned with other major powers in viewing status of Jerusalem as under negotiation between Israel and Palestinians.

DHAKA (Reuters) - A call for national unity by the party of detained former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia was immediately rebuffed on Friday by its main rival in a sign the country's political cracks are as wide as ever.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan boosted security in the capital Islamabad and neighboring Rawalpindi on Friday where three vehicles laden with explosives were intercepted just days after a deadly attack on the Danish embassy.

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta attacked "unscrupulous" citizens and foreign media on Friday for presenting a false picture of the devastation left by Cyclone Nargis as experts began mapping the extent of the disaster.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's ruling AK Party accused the country's top court on Friday of violating the constitution by overturning a government-led reform that lifted a ban on Muslim headscarves at universities.

CHENGDU (Reuters) - China readied on Friday to ease pressure on a swollen "quake lake" threatening hundreds of thousands of people downstream in the southwestern province of Sichuan as the water level quickly rises toward a man-made sluice.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday he hopes Congress will complete a housing rescue package and send it to President George W. Bush before lawmakers take a July 4 holiday break.

Hillary Clinton's candidacy may soon be a thing of the past but debate will rage over whether the first woman to make it so far in the U.S. presidential contest was a victim of sexism in the media and on the campaign trail.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Americans are marveling that an African-American has risen to become a major candidate for president in a country that has taken a slow, painful path to try to rid itself of racism.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday for the second time this week after blocking him from reaching a campaign rally for the June 27 presidential run-off vote.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frustrated in defeat, Democrat Hillary Clinton is to endorse U.S. campaign rival Barack Obama on Saturday and party strategists said she needs to set aside any bad feelings and put on a convincing show of unity.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Two bomb attacks on buses in Sri Lanka killed at least 22 people on Friday, security officials said, the latest in a series of assaults by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels on the country's transport system.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Likely U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately with former rival Hillary Clinton on Thursday night, an Obama campaign spokesman said.

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Rheumy-eyed Chief Joseph Lokoi has lived through two civil wars in south Sudan, but the scars covering his body are not the relics of battle.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama amended his support for Israel's stance on Jerusalem on Thursday, saying Palestinians and Israelis had to negotiate the future of the holy city.

EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Thursday he would seek new indictments next month against top officials, accusing Sudan's "entire state apparatus" of involvement in crimes in Darfur.

GAZA/RAMALLAH (Reuters) - The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip welcomed on Thursday what he called a "new spirit" of dialogue from the Palestinian president but it was unclear how far the rival factions were moving to end a year-old schism.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe indefinitely suspended all work by aid groups on Thursday and police held a group of U.S. and British diplomats for several hours after they visited victims of political violence ahead of a presidential vote.

PARIS (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union said on Thursday the Doha round of world trade talks could collapse because of 11th-hour intransigence by some big developing countries.

GAZA/RAMALLAH (Reuters) - The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip welcomed on Thursday what he called a "new spirit" of dialogue from the Palestinian president but it was unclear how far the rival factions were moving to end a year-old schism.