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 Iran nuclear talks stall, even with US at tableA U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment.
Rice to meet N. Korean foreign minister at summit
Top diplomats from the U.S. and North Korea will meet next week along with their counterparts from regional nuclear talks, the State Department said Friday, the highest level of contact between the countries amid recent progress on Pyongyang's disarmament.
Rice: US still puts conditions on talks with Iran
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that the United States still has conditions for negotiating with Iran even though the Bush administration is sending a senior diplomat to weekend talks with an Iranian nuclear envoy.
Cal Thomas: A school for scoundrels
Despite a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom that the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria, Va., has continued to use textbooks that teach hatred of everyone not of their specific brand of faith, the U.S. State Department has yet to act to close down the school.
Calif. exec charged with illegal military sales
A former sales executive for an aircraft parts company is on the run after being charged with illegally sending military items to the United Arab Emirates and Thailand, prosecutors said Thursday.
Mich. governor signs divestment legislation
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed legislation to pull state funds and investments from companies that do business with Sudan and other nations accused of government-supported genocide or terrorism.
House OKs bill seeking more access to spy secrets
The House on Wednesday passed legislation governing next year's intelligence budget that demands lawmakers be given greater access to the nation's most closely held secrets.
Bush claims privilege to withhold CIA leak records
President Bush invoked executive privilege to keep Congress from seeing the FBI report of an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney and other records related to the administration's leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity in 2003.
US picks compromise over confrontation with Iran
For now, the Bush administration has chosen compromise over confrontation in dealing with Iran's disputed nuclear program with a dramatic gesture intended to demonstrate commitment to a negotiated solution.
Dems call for State to investigate Iraq oil deals
Four Democratic senators, including Sen. Carl Levin, on Wednesday called on the State Department's inspector general to investigate whether agency employees encouraged lucrative oil deals between Iraq and several Western companies.
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