* Barroso organizing mini-summit on EU constitution European commission president Jose Manuel Barroso is in the process of organizing a mini-summit brainstorming on a new-look EU constitution.

* Iraqi politicians say government is failing Iraqi politicians — frustrated by violence throughout the country and the glacial pace of parliamentary lawmaking — say the nearly one-year-old government is failing.

* 25 percent of Ethiopian immigrants traumatized A new study reveals that 25 percent of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) triggered by their move to Israel.

* Iran and EU seek to break impasse Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and the EU’s foreign policy chief are to meet in Turkey in an attempt to break the deadlock over Iran’s nuclear program.

* Russians Pay Last Respect to First President Yeltsin Tearful Russians filed past the open coffin of former president Boris Yeltsin inside a vast Moscow cathedral Tuesday.

* Turkey ‘must have secular leader’ Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has pledged to adhere to secular principles if, as expected, he is elected president.

* Hamas Attack Was Cover For Kidnap Attempt The barrage of Kassam rocket fire from Gaza during Independence Day celebrations Tuesday was part of an extensive Hamas-led kidnapping operation, thwarted by the IDF.

* Russia threatens veto over Kosovo Russia has threatened to veto in the UN Security Council a plan to give Kosovo a form of supervised independence.

* Hundreds of rightists spend night at Homesh Hundreds of settlers and right-wing activists were forced to spend the night at the evacuated West Bank settlement of Homesh.

* IDF presents PM with proposal to renew targeted assassinations Senior defense officials on Wednesday presented Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a proposal to resume targeted assassinations of Palestinian militants and hits on infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.