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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers....

Greece will hold fresh elections on 17 June and a judge is appointed to head an interim government.

The euro hits a fresh four-month low against the dollar as political uncertainty in Greece fuels speculation it could leave the single currency.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Searchers have found the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that smashed into the side of an Indonesian volcano, killing 45 people. The recording of comments by the plane's veteran pilots could help explain what caused the crash....

Deaths linked to drugs and drink in Wales rise by 31% in 10 years, compared with 15% in England, official figures show.

Let's think about whether all acts of Congress deserve our respect and obedience...

Downing Street is about to review the government's Green Deal after warnings that it's liable to fail.

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Judges are hearing oral sentencing pleas in Charles Taylor's war crimes case Wednesday, with the former Liberian president expected to speak on his own behalf....

Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor accuses the prosecution of paying witnesses to testify against him in his war crimes trial in The Hague.

The chief executive who led Wales' largest building society through what he calls "one of the most testing financial times on record" is to step down.

The doctors for Aimee Copeland are promising a "roller coaster ride of highs and lows" in the coming weeks and months as she struggles against a rare "flesh-eating" bacteria, her father said.

Autopsy results on Mitchell Guist, a star of the reality TV show "Swamp People," should be ready Wednesday, a local sheriff in Louisiana said.

"Jonny Bairstow will grow in international cricket and become an England Test regular in the future"

President Obama has welcomed the LA Galaxy football team to the White House to celebrate the team's winning of the Major League soccer championship in the US.

Papers report on Brooks arrest

The Southern Health Trust is proposing to reduce the number of GP practices in the area by creating up to seven new treatment centres instead, the BBC learns.

The United States says it has taken all the necessary steps on its side to admit Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month.

Gunmen opened fire and threw grenades from outside the gates of the building.

More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN warns.

The district court’s finding of consent was, it said, a close call, but defendant was advised of his right to refuse and consented. [Thus, advice of right to refuse consent was apparently determinative when consent was a close call.] United States v. Mendoza, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 9673 (8th Cir. May 14, 2012)*:

. . . The validity of consent is a question of fact, which we review for clear error. See id.

The district court recognized the factual record made this case a close call. On the one hand, Mendoza did not explicitly state the officers were permitted to search the Louis Place residence or sign the consent-to-search form, and the significant police presence at the roadside stop and the residence raise the possibility Mendoza merely acquiesced to police authority. See id. at 773. On the other hand, Mendoza's gestures and body language indicated his consent. Officer Fink and Detective Batcheller specifically informed Mendoza of his right to refuse consent, and Mendoza clearly understood this right, because he initially refused consent and bargained with the officers regarding the terms of his consent.