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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it would not back down "one iota" in its nuclear row with major powers, voicing defiance on the day of an informal deadline set by the West over Tehran's disputed atomic ambitions.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain's campaign has been cynical, not racist, in trying to raise fears about his candidacy.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil wants to restart collapsed global trade negotiations and believes an agreement can be reached within two months, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, who has spent most of her first eight-months in office in a deep political crisis, defended her administration on Saturday and ruled out further cabinet changes.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Olympic sponsors are launching possibly the largest advertising and marketing campaign ever, aiming to etch their brands in the minds of a new generation of Chinese consumers for far beyond the upcoming Games.

SUKHUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - The last of 400 Russian soldiers sent by Moscow to repair a railway in Georgia's rebel region of Abkhazia began to pull out on Wednesday, ending a deployment which angered Tbilisi and its Western allies.

HARARE (Reuters) - An explosion rocked the main police station in Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Saturday, but there was no immediate word of any injuries.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it would not back down "one iota" in its nuclear row with major powers, voicing defiance on the day of an informal deadline set by the West over Tehran's disputed atomic ambitions.

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President George W. Bush discussed the collapse of world trade talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday, expressing disappointment over the failure and reaffirming his commitment to reaching agreement, the White House said.

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Two French towns have banned bullfighting shows featuring a 10-year-old boy who has caused a sensation in Mexico, local authorities said on Saturday.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish guerrillas were behind a double bombing in Istanbul last week that killed 17 people, Turkey's interior minister said on Saturday, adding that all those involved in the attack had been caught.

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain's campaign has been cynical, not racist, in trying to raise fears about his candidacy.

PARIS (Reuters) - Two French aid workers who were abducted in Afghanistan on July 18 have been released and are in good health, French authorities said on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has accused the United States of double standards over its nuclear deal with India, Iranian media said on Saturday, the day of an informal deadline set by Western officials in a row over Tehran's atomic ambitions.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Livestock rustlers have killed at least 30 people in Kenya's remote Turkana region where clashes over scarce pasture and water resources often flare, a local leader said on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani Taliban spokesman denied on Saturday a U.S. media report that al Qaeda number two, Ayman al Zawahri, might have been killed or wounded in a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan's border region last Monday.

BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - Two thirds of Somalia's cabinet ministers resigned on Saturday, officials said, widening a rift between the president and prime minister that threatens to wreck the country's interim government.

GAZA (Reuters) - Three Hamas policemen and six pro-Fatah gunmen were killed in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in the deadliest confrontation between the rival factions since Hamas seized control of the coastal territory a year ago.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Normally smog-plagued Beijing bathed in blue skies and sunshine on Saturday in just the sort of weather the Chinese pray will grace their Olympics and banish athletes' health fears six days before the big start.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran has so far ignored an informal Saturday deadline to respond to an offer by major powers on its nuclear program, a European Union official said, but European diplomats are ready to wait longer for an answer.