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U.S. Fails to Sway Iran at Nuke Talks

USA being at Geneva meeting marks the highest-level diplomatic contact with Tehran in decades

Under Secretary of State William Burns, (sitting, third from right) was at the Geneva meeting of Six Western Powers and Iran, but the Bush White House said, he would 'not negotiate,' but was there only to listen.

U.S. and Iranian envoys Saturday had their highest-level diplomatic contact in 29 years, but the seven-nation gathering in Geneva on Tehran's nuclear program was quickly brought to a halt by Iran's refusal to say whether it would suspend uranium enrichment, details.

The Six Western Powers give Iran two-weeks to agree to freeze its uranium enrichment program yesterday or face further international isolation, details.

US official says "We hope the Iranian people understand that their leaders need to make a choice between cooperation, which would bring benefits to all, and confrontation, which can only lead to further isolation," details.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave an upbeat assessment. calling the talks "a step forward." details

Coalition 'bombs Afghan police' Militants breached US Afghan base

U.S., Afghan and International forces have been involved in a series of clashes and controversies

At least 13 Afghan police and civilians have died in two incidents involving international forces. The incidents are the latest in a series of controversial clashes involving foreign troops, details.

A few day before, more than 100 insurgents breached a US outpost in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing nine US troops in hours of fierce fighting, details.

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Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak

Bush again asserts executive privilege,
hindering Congressional Committee investigation; the third time this has been done in this investigation

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President Bush today blocked an attempt by a House committee to obtain internal FBI documents from the CIA leak investigation, a case where the White House attempted to discredit significant war criticism.

Among the documents sought are FBI interviews of Vice President Dick Cheney and Bush asserts that notes from interviews of Vice President Cheney and other White House officials are protected by executive privilege.

Comments from the CIA agent and her ex-ambassador husband who were slandered, betrayed and exposed by a complicated web of White House lies, here.

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U.S. Fails to Sway Iran at Nuke Talks

USA being at Geneva meeting marks the highest-level diplomatic contact with Tehran in decades

Under Secretary of State William Burns, (sitting, third from right) was at the Geneva meeting of Six Western Powers and Iran, but the Bush White House said, he would 'not negotiate,' but was there only to listen.

Coalition 'bombs Afghan police' Militants breached US Afghan base

U.S., Afghan and International forces have been involved in a series of clashes and controversies

Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak

President Bush today blocked an attempt by a House committee to obtain internal FBI documents from the CIA leak investigation, a case where the White House attempted to discredit significant war criticism.

Iraq Insists Again on Withdrawal Timetable In U.S. Pact

Bush agrees to a 'general time horizon' for Iraq withdrawal

British Prime Minister Brown Says No `Artificial Timetable' for Troop Withdrawal