In Brief

* FIRST – Socialist Michelle Bachelet will become the first woman to govern Chile, after defeating conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera in a run-off presidential election.

* UNREST – Israel drafted hundreds of police reinforcements to the West Bank town of Hebron in a bid to quell what the press is calling a Jewish Intifada, sparked by plans to evacuate settlers. * DIPLOMACY – US Vice President Dick Cheney headed for Egypt and Saudi Arabia for talks with the leaders of both countries, in which the war in Iraq and regional security were expected to take centre stage.* VOTE – Finnish President Tarja Halonen won the first round of the Nordic country’s presidential election, but failed to obtain an absolute majority and will be forced into a runoff.* FLU – A man from east Jerusalem was undergoing urgent tests for possible bird flu after a number of chickens that he was keeping died, an Israeli hospital spokesman said.* PROTEST – Protesters took to the streets of Pakistan to condemn a US air strike that officials said targeted al Qaeda’s deputy leader but instead killed 18 villagers near the Afghan border.- Nampa-AFP* DIPLOMACY – US Vice President Dick Cheney headed for Egypt and Saudi Arabia for talks with the leaders of both countries, in which the war in Iraq and regional security were expected to take centre stage.* VOTE – Finnish President Tarja Halonen won the first round of the Nordic country’s presidential election, but failed to obtain an absolute majority and will be forced into a runoff.* FLU – A man from east Jerusalem was undergoing urgent tests for possible bird flu after a number of chickens that he was keeping died, an Israeli hospital spokesman said.* PROTEST – Protesters took to the streets of Pakistan to condemn a US air strike that officials said targeted al Qaeda’s deputy leader but instead killed 18 villagers near the Afghan border.- Nampa-AFP