In Briefs

* REJECTED – Chinese President Hu Jintao rebuffed US President George W.Bush’s call to let “social, political and religious freedoms grow,” but offered to show flexibility on trade disputes.

* NUCLEAR – Iran will not allow the UN atomic agency to visit a suspect military site in Tehran unless it provides “concrete proof” to justify an inspection, the foreign ministry said. * ARRESTS – Some 200 supporters of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood were arrested before the start of the second phase of polling in Egypt’s parliamentary elections opened, security sources said.* COALITION – The central committee of Israel’s Labour party was to meet to rubber-stamp a decision to pull its eight ministers out of the governing coalition.* HURRICANE – The most active Atlantic hurricane season on record turned deadly again as at least nine people were killed and 14 others missing after Tropical Storm Gamma flooded parts of northern Honduras, authorities said.* DISSIDENTS – The United States has expressed concern to China about reports of a crackdown on dissidents ahead of US President George W.Bush’s visit here, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.* REBELLION – Communist rebels killed 10 security personnel and wounded more than 20 people in separate attacks in the Philippines, the military said.- Nampa-AFP* ARRESTS – Some 200 supporters of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood were arrested before the start of the second phase of polling in Egypt’s parliamentary elections opened, security sources said.* COALITION – The central committee of Israel’s Labour party was to meet to rubber-stamp a decision to pull its eight ministers out of the governing coalition.* HURRICANE – The most active Atlantic hurricane season on record turned deadly again as at least nine people were killed and 14 others missing after Tropical Storm Gamma flooded parts of northern Honduras, authorities said.* DISSIDENTS – The United States has expressed concern to China about reports of a crackdown on dissidents ahead of US President George W.Bush’s visit here, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.* REBELLION – Communist rebels killed 10 security personnel and wounded more than 20 people in separate attacks in the Philippines, the military said.- Nampa-AFP