World Highlights

• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called George W. Bush "the devil himself" and told the UN General Assembly the US president had left the smell of sulfur hanging in the chamber from his appearance the previous day. The US rival and close ally of Cuban leader Fidel Castro accused the US of myriad evils such as helping render the UN Security Council worthless by robbing small nations of power.

• Major powers want "results" on the nuclear dispute with Iran by the first week of October at the latest, a senior French diplomat said. The US, China, Britain, France, Russia and Germany agreed at a meeting on Tuesday to give European negotiator Javier Solana more time to try to reach a diplomatic solution with Tehran.

• Hungarian students called off a long-planned demonstration for today over fears of violence, but police said they still expected anti-government protests and street battles.Hungary's capital, Budapest, has been hit by the worst disturbances since a 1956 uprising against Soviet occupiers after a tape was leaked on Sunday in which Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany admitted he lied to win re-election.

• Israel is unlikely to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by the weekend, Israel's army chief said, backing away from earlier predictions. "We very much hoped it would happen by Friday, but in the dialogue we have been holding with the UN and the Lebanese army there are a few issues to be wrapped up," Lieutenant-General Dan Halutz said.