KABUL – Afghanistan laid out plans for the Nov. 7 run-off presidential vote yesterday in an announcement criticised as insufficient to prevent fraud, a day after a Taliban attack on U.N. staff reinforced concerns about security.
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TEHRAN – Iran proposed changes to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal yesterday, Iranian media said, making demands that appeared to challenge the basis of the agreement with the United States, France and Russia.
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LAHORE, Pakistan – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s said yesterday it was “hard to believe” that no one in Pakistan’s government knew where al Qaeda leaders were hiding, striking a new tone on a trip where Washington’s credibility has come under attack.
