UNITED STATES: Rice says US will talk to Iran if ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters): IN A policy shift toward a long-time foe, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday the U.S. would open talks with Iran if Tehran verifiably suspended its nuclear enrichment and repro-cessing activities....
MIAMI: Nine hurricanes in 2006
MIAMI (Reuters): A NOTED United States storm forecaster yesterday predicted the Atlantic hurricane season will produce nine hurricanes, the same as his previous forecast issued nearly two months ago.
ITALY: 'Chinese church fuelling rift with Vatican'
ROME (AP): CHINA'S state-sanctioned Catholic church was defeating itself by fuelling the rift with the Vatican after decades of antagonism, Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong said yesterday.
BOLIVIA: Farmers fear land reform plan
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP): BOLIVIA'S LARGEST agri-business group said yesterday it would form 'self-defence' groups to defend land it fears the government will confiscate in a proposed reform meant to distribute land roughly twice the size of Portugal.
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