World Digest: June 10, 2013 Pakistan's president, in what will likely be his last major speech to Parliament, urged the new government on Monday to keep up the fight against militancy, one of the many problems facing the country. Asif Ali Zardari spoke hours after militants dressed as policemen and armed with assault rifles and rockets attacked trucks in Pakistan carrying supplies to U.S.-led NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan, killing four people. The attack and the speech both drew attention to the continuing threat militants pose to the stability of Pakistan. The May 11 elections marked the first time in Pakistan's 65-year history that a civilian government completed its full term and handed over power in democratic elections. Previous governments have been toppled by military coups or dismissed by presidents allied with the army. Zardari's Pakistan People's Party was badly beaten in the elections. The victorious Pakistan Muslim League-N party of new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif campaigned primarily on fixing the country's economy, while pushing for peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups. In a wide-ranging speech, Zardari, now a largely powerless figure who has said he won't run again for the ceremonial presidency, urged the government to clamp down on extremists. Erdogan to meet with Istanbul protesters Turkey's prime minister will meet with a group of protesters occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square this week, a deputy prime minister said Monday, as the government sought a way out of the impasse that has led to hundreds of protests in dozens of cities. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said, however, that the government would no longer tolerate "illegal acts," and implied that the occupation of Taksim and its accompanying Gezi Park would be over by the weekend. "Illegal acts in Turkey from now won't be allowed, and whatever needs to be done according to the law will be done," he said after a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. All necessary actions against illegal acts will have been completed, and we will see this all together, by the weekend. The protests appeared on the wane, with the smallest number of demonstrators in the past 11 days gathering in Taksim on Monday night. The protesters occupying Gezi Park remain, however. Smaller protests occurred in Ankara, with about 5,000 people demonstrating. Police there have used water cannon and tear gas to break up demonstrations almost every night. Three people have died and more than 5,000 have been treated for injuries or the effects of gas during the protests. The government says 600 police officers have also been injured. 25 killed in Iraq market bombings: Militants detonated explosives-laden cars around two busy markets in central Iraq on Monday, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens, the latest in a wave of violence ravaging the country. Attacks in Iraq have spiked to levels not seen since 2008. The surge in bloodshed, which follows months of protests by the country's Sunni Arab minority against the Shiite-led government, is raising fears that Iraq is heading for another bout of uncontrollable sectarian violence. Australians end search for asylum-seeker boat survivors: Rescue authorities have given up hope of finding any survivors after an asylum-seeker boat carrying at least 55 people to Australia capsized in the Indian Ocean. The boat's submerged hull was spotted by air Friday, and bodies, life jackets and debris have been seen near Christmas Island, an Australian territory nearer to Indonesia than to the mainland. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority called off the air and sea search Sunday night based on medical advice that no one could have survived that long in the ocean, a statement said. Egyptian president warns Ethiopia on Nile dispute: Egypt's president warned Monday that "all options are open" in dealing with Ethiopia's efforts to build a dam that threatens to leave Nile-dependent Egypt with a dangerous water shortage. In a live televised speech before hundreds of his supporters, Mohamed Morsi said Egypt is not calling for war but is willing to confront any threats to its water security. Morsi's speech reflected the importance of the Nile River to Egypt. It provides almost all of the fresh water to a country that is otherwise largely parched desert.