I'm Frances Alonzo. Afghanistan's Election Commission has (declared) President Hamid Karzai the winner of the country's disputed election after canceling a second round of voting. The commission chief said Monday President Karzai would keep his post because he was the winner of the first round of voting in August and the only candidate in the second round which had been (scheduled) for November 7. Mr. Karzai's challenger Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from the race on Sunday, because of concerns about (widespread) fraud which marred the August vote. Police in Pakistan, meanwhile, say a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people Monday near the country's army headquarters in Rawalpindi. More than 30 others were wounded. VOA (correspondent) Sean Maroney reports. Monday's (blast) occurred in a parking lot outside a government bank, just a few kilometers from the capital, Islamabad. On the first business day of the month, many people - especially government employees - (line up) at the bank to collect their monthly salaries or pensions. Mohammad Saleem says he was going to the bank to get his salary when a blast occurred near the gate. He said he ran out of the building and saw many dead bodies. Saleem said his child - who was sitting in his car parked in the bank's lot - is still missing. Last month, the number of (attacks) across the country increased, starting with a suicide bombing in a United Nations office in Islamabad and ending with a (massive) bombing in a Peshawar market that was the single deadliest act of terrorism since 2007. Also, militants launched an (assault) on the army headquarters in Rawalpindi, which killed the nine attackers, more than a dozen soldiers and several civilians. Sean Maroney, VOA News, Islamabad. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is (moderating) her praise for Israel, saying it's making positive steps, but its offer to (restrain) settlement expansion fell short of Washington's position on the matter. Clinton's comments Monday in Morocco come only days after her high praise of Israel drew a (backlash) from the Arab community. Iraqi officials said the number of (civilians) killed by violence during October more than doubled compared to the previous months. Up to 343 civilians believed to have been killed during October. More than 150 died during last week's twin car bombs in central Baghdad. Britain and Russia are demanding that Iranian officials respond quickly to a (proposed) plan to have low grade Iranian uranium enriched in Russia. The British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he and his Russian (counterpart) Sergey Lavrov both want to see a prompt response from Iran on the U.N.-backed enrichment plan. Negotiators from nearly 180 countries are meeting this week in Barcelona to narrow their differences over issues (regarding) climate change before a key December summit in Copenhagen. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports. Climate change negotiators are trying to come up with a (workable) draft document to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Countries will be discussing that draft - and hopefully coming to an agreement - at a (summit) in Copenhagen next month. But reaching a deal will not be easy. Even now, after months of talks, negotiators are still (wrangling) over a raft of competing proposals. A key question is whether to set binding targets for developing countries to reduce their levels of carbon (dioxide) emissions. The United States in particular, wants legally binding (pledges) for the fastest growing countries in its group - such as China and India. The United Nations, by contrast, has suggested that only richer nations commit themselves to targeting greenhouse gas (reductions). Poorer nations could instead agree to adopt green energy and other measures to limit emission growth. A number of environmental activists doubt the Copenhagen summit will achieve (binding) emission reduction targets. Lisa Bryant for VOA News, Paris. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his Russian counterpart talked Monday in Moscow about how to improve their nations' damaged relations after three years after the (fatal) poisoning of an ex-KGB spy living in Britain. Miliband is the first British foreign secretary to visit Russia in five years. U.S. stock market (indexes) were mixed as Monday's trading got underway. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.4%. The S&P500 gained nearly 0.5%. The NASDAQ was off 0.1%. More details at voanews. com. I'm Frances Alonzo, VOA News.