PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Armed assailants trying to break into the home of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci exchanged fire with guards, but the leader was away and his family was not hurt, police said Saturday.

The teenager has a wound to his arm, leading police to believe he was shot in a shootout with Thaci's security guards.

Thaci condemned the assault as an attack upon his family and urged Kosovo's citizens to remain calm.

"Last night my family was attacked," Thaci told reporters in the capital, Pristina. "Like any parent and husband I am happy that my family is safe."

JERUSALEM -- Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to start drafting sections of a proposed peace accord that address the main issues of their conflict, the chief Palestinian negotiator said.

Ahmed Qureia, the veteran negotiator heading the Palestinian team, said the decision did not mean agreement had been reached on the major issues that have tormented peace talks for years: final borders, the status of disputed Jerusalem and the fate of Palestinian refugees.

But it is the first time since negotiations resumed more than six months ago that anything will be put to paper on these divisive questions.

"We agreed with the Israelis to begin writing the positions," Qureia told reporters late Friday. He did not say what issue the two sides would start with.

Israeli government officials declined to comment.

Should negotiators agree on an issue, they will draft a single provision, Qureia said. If not, they will lay out on paper their divergent views, he added.

SEOUL, South Korea -- President Bush pledged Saturday to come up with measures to ensure that beef from older cattle -- considered at greater risk of mad cow disease -- is not exported to South Korea, Seoul's presidential office said.

Bush made the remark during a phone conversation with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the presidential Blue House said. Lee's fledgling government has been battered by daily protests over an April agreement to resume imports of U.S. beef.

"President Bush said he sufficiently understands South Koreans' concerns and worries," it said in a statement. "In this regard, [Bush] pledged to prepare specific measures to make sure that beef from cattle aged 30 months or older is not exported to South Korea."

It did not say what those measures would be.

The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the South Korean description of the Bush-Lee conversation.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday rejected calls for him to resign, but suggested he might quit if Parliament reduces him to a toothless figurehead.

Musharraf, a stalwart U.S. ally, has been under mounting pressure since his supporters lost parliamentary elections in February. Media reports this week suggested he was ready to resign and go into exile.

The former army strongman said Saturday that he would not quit under pressure. His foes are calling for his impeachment and trial for treason -- a charge which carries the death penalty.

However, he indicated that he would go if the new government succeeds in reducing his still considerable powers to the point where he feels like a "useless vegetable."

"Parliament is supreme. Whatever the Parliament decides I will accept it," Musharraf told reporters from Pakistani news channels, which broadcast his remarks. "If I see that I don't have any role to play, then it is better to play golf."

BAGHDAD -- A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least six people, police said.

The suicide attacker rammed into a police patrol mid-afternoon in Nisoor Square on the capital's west side, killing a civilian and a policeman, police said. Another five people were wounded.

The other explosion took place nearly simultaneously across town at a crowded bus stop where passengers were lining up to catch rides to eastern Shiite neighborhoods, though police said the target was the passing convoy of a top Iraqi police general.

Four people were killed and 18 wounded, Brig. Gen. Nazar Majeed among them, said an officer on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media. Three of the dead were policemen, he said.