Iran said Saturday that its nuclear program remains unchanged, indicating that Tehran has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium. The announcement came a day after Iran sent the European Union its response --- which has not been made public --- to an international proposal to curb its program in exchange for economic incentives. European officials said they were studying the Iranian response and were consulting among themselves and with the United States, Russia and China on what to do next. Lawmaker slain; blast kills militants Gunmen in volatile Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker and former military commander after he visited an Afghan army compound. In neighboring Helmand province, militants planting a roadside bomb detonated the device prematurely, killing 10 Taliban members. The fact that one bomb killed so many men appeared to reflect the increased size of explosives Taliban fighters have been using in recent months. The bigger bombs --- long used in Iraq but a fairly new phenomenon in Afghanistan --- are shredding through heavily armored U.S. and NATO vehicles and killing multiple soldiers in one attack. ...
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Iran said Saturday that its nuclear program remains unchanged, indicating that Tehran has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium. The announcement came a day after Iran sent the European Union its response --- which has not been made public --- to an international proposal to curb its program in exchange for economic incentives. European officials said they were studying the Iranian response and were consulting among themselves and with the United States, Russia and China on what to do next. Lawmaker slain; blast kills militants Gunmen in volatile Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker and former military commander after he visited an Afghan army compound. In neighboring Helmand province, militants planting a roadside bomb detonated the device prematurely, killing 10 Taliban members. The fact that one bomb killed so many men appeared to reflect the increased size of explosives Taliban fighters have been using in recent months. The bigger bombs --- long used in Iraq but a fairly new phenomenon in Afghanistan --- are shredding through heavily armored U.S. and NATO vehicles and killing multiple soldiers in one attack. ...