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Iran says nuclear fuel deal "still on the table"

Reuters - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran believes a nuclear fuel exchange with the West is still possible, state television said on Wednesday, a day after the Islamic Republic's expansion of uranium enrichment drew a U.S. warning of more sanctions soon.

  • Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis. Photo:Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP
    Toyota to begin repairs to cars recalled in Britain AFP - 29 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Toyota said it will begin repairs to more than 180,000 cars in Britain on Wednesday as the Japanese automaker struggled to pull its reputation from the scrapheap amid a growing recall crisis.

  • File photo shows medics evacuating an unidentified British soldier at the Salerno Air field hospital in the Khost Afghan province. Hospitals treating British troops wounded by Afghan insurgents are under growing pressure, a watchdog warned Wednesday, ahead of a major offensive expected to trigger a fresh surge in casualties. Photo:Nicolas Asfouri/AFP
    Hospitals under pressure by Afghan injuries: watchdog AFP - 29 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Hospitals treating troops wounded by Afghan insurgents are under growing pressure, a watchdog warned on Wednesday, ahead of a major offensive expected to trigger a fresh surge in casualties.

  • Candidates are seen getting ready for a physical test at a Hamas police recruitment centre in Gaza City. More than 14,000 Palestinians have recently applied for jobs in security forces run by Hamas, which after two years of crippling Israeli sanctions has become one of Gaza's largest employers. Photo:Marco Longari/AFP
    Hard times in Gaza fill ranks of Hamas police AFP - 29 minutes ago

    GAZA CITY (AFP) - Taher al-Mazlum is desperate to join the Hamas-run police in the Gaza Strip, not because he agrees with the Islamist group's hardline ideology, but because he needs money to get married.

  • 'British troops' fire thier rifles during the battle re-enactment of the Anglo-Boer war at the Talana museum in Dundee, 2002. Australia has sent Britain a petition calling for posthumous pardons for two soldiers court-martialled and executed more than 100 years ago in South Africa Photo:Rajesh Jantilal/AFP
    Australia asks Britain to review 100-year-old court martial AFP - 29 minutes ago

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia has sent Britain a petition calling for posthumous pardons for two soldiers court-martialled and executed more than 100 years ago in South Africa, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

  • Snow-covered houses are seen in Kabul on February 8. Another 39 bodies have been recovered from the site of avalanches on a treacherous mountain pass in the northof the country, bringing the official death toll from the disaster to 68, an army doctor said. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP
    Afghan avalanche death toll rises to 68: army AFP - 31 minutes ago

    KABUL (AFP) - Another 39 bodies were recovered Wednesday from the site of avalanches on a treacherous mountain pass in northern Afghanistan, bringing the official death toll from the disaster to 68, an army doctor said.


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