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AP - Russia’s U.N. ambassador is urging Iran to drop its opposition to talks with six key nations trying to ensure that its nuclear program is peaceful.

AP - Some of England’s most sacred soil was disturbed Monday for the first time in more than four decades as archaeologists worked to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument built?

AP - The White House raised hopes Monday of achieving a breakthrough agreement to resolve bitter differences with Moscow over missile defenses in Europe when President Bush meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin this weekend.

AP - New President Raul Castro’s government has lifted a ban on Cubans staying at hotels previously reserved for foreigners, ending another restriction that had been especially irksome to citizens.

AP - Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out Monday in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sought to rein in his militia after a week of battles that claimed about 400 lives.

Reuters - Riot police in armored carriers were
deployed in two of Harare’s restive townships on Monday night
amid long delays in issuing Zimbabwe’s election results which
have raised tensions.

AFP - The verdict for prominent Chinese human rights dissident Hu Jia, accused of subversion, will be announced on Thursday, one of his lawyers said.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that Mideast peace talks are “moving in the right direction,” although U.S. officials conceded it would be a hard slog to meet the goal of an Israeli-Palestinian deal in 2008.

AP - Pakistan’s deposed chief justice revved up the campaign to win back his job Monday as new Cabinet ministers, some wearing black armbands, took their oath of office before President Pervez Musharraf.

AP - Officials released a trickle of national election results evenly split Monday between Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition, which accused President Robert Mugabe’s government of rigging returns to conceal a massive loss.