IRAN: 'We want talks not sanctions on Iran'
MOSCOW (Reuters): RUSSIA AND China made clear yesterday they did not favour U.N. sanctions to induce Iran to scale back its nuclear programme, and Tehran urged the European Union to return to the negotiating table.
UNITED STATES: Lawsuits seek to block Bush's domestic eavesdropping programme
NEW YORK (AP): LAWSUITS FILED yesterday in federal courts sought to halt President George W. Bush's domestic spying programme, calling it an "illegal and unconstitutional programme" of electronic eavesdropping on American citizens.
UNITED STATES: Court rules gov't can't stop Oregon suicide law
WASHINGTON, (Reuters): THE BUSH administration cannot stop doctors from helping terminally ill patients end their lives under the nation's only physician-assisted suicide law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
UNITED KINGDOM: Scientists warn of rise in babies' sofa deaths
LONDON, (Reuters): CASES OF babies dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) have fallen dramatically over 20 years but deaths while sleeping with a parent on a sofa have risen 400 per cent, researchers said yesterday.
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