Reuters World News Highlights 0600 GMT Sept 28

TEHRAN - Iran has test-fired medium-range misiles, state TV reported, a day after the Islamic Republic's elite Revolutionary Guards launched short-range missiles as part of several days of war games.

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BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday prepare for tough negotiations with the pro-business Free Democrats to forge a coalition programme of tax cuts and economic reform after Sunday's election victory.

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SEOUL - China's prime minister will visit North Korea early next week for a trip that could help revive talks stalled for nearly a year on ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

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BANGKOK - Delegates from about 190 nations meet in the Thai capital from Monday to try to refine a draft text of the world's most comprehensive pact to fight climate change, with time running out to try to seal a deal.

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BEIJING - China marks 60 years of Communist rule on Thursday, with the country enjoying unprecedented global economic and geopolitical influence but still facing several challenges.

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NEW YORK - Pakistan signaled its desire to mend fences with a hesitant India as the foreign ministers of the nuclear-armed rivals met but stopped short of announcing a resumption of full-fledged peace negotiations.

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CANBERRA - An influx of refugee boats poses a new threat to Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and could divide Australians a year from elections and reignite an immigration row that carried conservatives to victory in 2001.

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TEGUCIGALPA - Honduras' de facto government suspended some civil liberties and threatened to close Brazil's embassy for harboring ousted President Manuel Zelaya, defying pressure to cede power.

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JERUSALEM - Palestinian leaders warned Israel not to stoke tension in Jerusalem in the hope of thwarting peace talks, after clashes at a sacred site in which Palestinians and Israeli police were injured.

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LISBON - Portuguese Socialist Prime Minister Jose Socrates won a second term in a general election but, as expected, his centre-left party lost its absolute majority in parliament.