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Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichmentIran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an international offer of incentives for halting enrichment.
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostagesMilitary intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap.
AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from IraqThe last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program—a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium—reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.
Iraqi boy's first swim hopeful sign of progressMuntadhar al-Sharify stood shivering Saturday in Baghdad's searing heat, a smile on his young face.
Nigeria's first oil well is still source of woeThree decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement:
New book uses food to explore Mandela's lifeA new book examining Nelson Mandela's life was launched Saturday with a feast that included everything from the spaghetti casserole he was brought in jail to the soured milk he longed for while living underground.
US checks Mexico for source of salmonella outbreakInspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico.
Pakistan nuclear proliferation case 'closed'Pakistan's Foreign Ministry insisted Saturday that its nuclear proliferation case was closed, a day after the disgraced architect of its atomic program claimed the army under President Pervez Musharraf helped spread the technology.
Pakistan eases assault on militants in tribal areaPakistani security forces have eased an operation against insurgents in a tribal region near the border with Afghanistan as local elders try to negotiate peace with a militant leader, a government official said Saturday.
UK lawmakers to launch new rendition probeLawmakers pledged Sunday to study the movements of planes and ships traveling to the remote British outpost Diego Garcia amid persistent suspicion it is used by U.S. authorities to detain or transfer terrorism suspects.