Reuters World News Highlights

KABUL – Afghanistan laid out plans for the Nov. 7 run-off  presidential vote yesterday in an announcement criticised as  insufficient to prevent fraud, a day after a Taliban attack on  U.N. staff reinforced concerns about security.
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TEHRAN – Iran proposed changes to a U.N.-drafted nuclear  fuel deal yesterday, Iranian media said, making demands that  appeared to challenge the basis of the agreement with the United  States, France and Russia.
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LAHORE, Pakistan – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s  said yesterday it was “hard to believe” that no one in  Pakistan’s government knew where al Qaeda leaders were hiding,  striking a new tone on a trip where Washington’s credibility has  come under attack.