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Biden: US Open to Direct Talks With Iran

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joseph Biden says the White House remains open to direct talks with Iran over its nuclear enrichment program, but the U.S. would refuse to engage Tehran until its government and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demonstrated they were “serious” about moving forward. Speaking...

U.S., Mexico in weekend talks on tomato pact

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department officials and Mexican tomato growers on Saturday were in intense talks aimed at reaching a deal to govern tomato trade between the two countries, a Commerce Department official said. The two sides hope to reach an agreement by a Monday deadline, the official told Reuters, while declining to characterize how close the two sides were. The department made a preliminary decision in September to terminate a 1996 U.S. ...


Venezuela's Maduro accuses rival of "conspiring" against country

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro accused opposition leader Henrique Capriles on Saturday of "conspiring" against the OPEC nation during meetings in neighboring Colombia, stepping up his attacks on his most likely potential election rival. The government is upbeat about President Hugo Chavez's recovery from cancer surgery in Cuba. But the socialist maverick has not been seen in public or heard from in eight weeks, calling into question the future of his self-styled revolution. ...


Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Sheehy resigns over phone scandal

(Reuters) - Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy, the leading candidate to replace the current governor in the next election, resigned on Saturday after a newspaper investigation raised questions about improper cell phone calls made to women. The Omaha World-Herald investigation found that the 53-year-old Republican made about 2,000 late-night calls to four women, other than his wife, on his state-issued cell phone over four years. The newspaper plans to publish results of the investigation on Sunday. ...

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