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Iraqi cities pounded
Bombs pounded six Iraqi cities and towns Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and raising suspicion that security forces might be helping terrorists stage attacks on Shi'ite Muslims.
The onslaught came before a religious pilgrimage that could attract even more violence.
A senior Iraqi intelligence official said checkpoint guards might have been bribed to help al-Qaida-linked Sunni insurgents plant bombs at Shi'ite marketplaces. The attacks instilled new fear into Iraqis, who are resigned to worsening violence six months after U.S. troops left the country.
Crash escapes prosecution
No charges against former Commerce chief
Prosecutors declined Tuesday to file criminal charges against former U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson.
Authorities said that on June 9, Bryson struck a car that was stopped for a train near Los Angeles. He spoke with the three occupants, then hit the car again as he departed, police said. He then hit another vehicle a few minutes later. He was found unconscious in his vehicle.
Bryson resigned June 21, saying he had suffered a seizure and didn't want his health to be a distraction.
Iran's exercise
Military fires off several ballistic missiles
After more than 15 hours of talks, the U.S. and other major world powers agreed with Iran early today to move toward resumption of full negotiations to ensure that Iran's nuclear fuel enrichment does not turn into a nuclear weapons program, a European participant at the talks said.
Iran has insisted that economic sanctions be lifted as a condition for any agreement and that the international community recognize its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes.
Also Tuesday, Iran said that it test-fired several ballistic missiles, including a long-range variety meant to dissuade an Israeli or U.S. attack.
The Revolutionary Guard's acting commander told government-run TV that the tests, aimed at mock enemy bases in a war games exercise, were a response to the refusal by Israel and the U.S. to rule out military strikes to stop Iran's nuclear program.
Kiribati bound
Team seeks Earhart plane wreckage
Searchers left Honolulu on Tuesday for the Pacific country Kiribati -- to find Amelia Earhart's plane.
When Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished 75 years ago, the location of her plane's crash in the south Pacific became one of the 20th Century's greatest mysteries. Now historians, salvage workers and scientists think they know -- finally -- where to look.
The expedition is a $2.2-million, 10-day operation that researchers hope will yield the wreckage of Earhart's Lockheed Electra. It disappeared during her attempt to be the first pilot to fly around the world at the equator.
Crossing to Jordan
Syrian refugee camp needed, UN says
Jordan must open a refugee camp for thousands of Syrians fleeing the fighting in their country, a United Nations official said Tuesday, just hours after another 1,000 people crossed the border.
There are 140,000 Syrians in Jordan already, but a camp built there this spring remains unused because of Jordan's desire not to anger powerful Syria.
Syria is one of Jordan's largest Arab trade partners, with bilateral trade estimated at $470 million last year.
Apology issued
Pakistan to reopen its supply lines
Ending a bitter seven-month standoff, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized to Pakistan on Tuesday for the killing of 24 Pakistani troops last fall and won in return the reopening of critical NATO supply lines into Afghanistan. The agreement could save the U.S. hundreds of millions of dollars in war costs.
Resolution of the dispute also bandages a relationship with Pakistan that will be crucial in stabilizing the region. The ties have been torn in the past year and a half by everything from a CIA contractor who killed two Pakistanis to the unilateral U.S. raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistan compound.
FDA approval
Do-it-yourself HIV test headed to shelves
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tuesday the first do-it-yourself HIV test that will give people their results in the privacy of their own home.
The test kit's approval could herald a new era in HIV prevention, experts say. More than 1.2 million Americans carry the virus that leads to AIDS, but about 1 in 5 are unaware that they are infected and can pass HIV on.
Priest killing case
Jury in murder trial deliberates 2nd day
Jurors concluded a second day of deliberations Tuesday in the trial of William Lynch, charged with beating Jesuit priest Jerold Lindner at a San Francisco area retirement home 37 years after the priest allegedly abused Lynch.
Lynch, who is accused of pummeling Lindner with his fists in the May 10, 2010, attack, was called a "vigilante" by prosecutor Vicki Gemetti as she implored jurors to convict him of felony assault and elder abuse during closing arguments Monday. She said the alleged abuse was no excuse for beating up the priest.
Quick hits
Terrorism: French authorities filed preliminary terrorism charges Tuesday against a Tunisian administrator of an extremist French website who is suspected of playing a key role in financing and recruiting for al-Qaida.
Pilot not guilty: A federal judge in Texas found a JetBlue Airways pilot who left the cockpit during a March 27 flight and screamed about religion and terrorists not guilty by reason of insanity Tuesday of interfering with a flight crew.
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