KABUL (Reuters) - More than half the top Afghan district election officials are being replaced to try to prevent more fraud and produce a credible result in next month's presidential run-off vote, U.N. officials said on Wednesday.

High Court Rejects 89-Year-Old John Demjanjuk's Attempt to Avoid Charges of Accesory to Murder in Concentration Camps

AP - A top Iranian negotiator praised a plan Wednesday that would ship most of his country's uranium abroad for enrichment and limit its ability to build a nuclear weapon. There was no guarantee, however, that Tehran's leaders would accept the idea.

Report: Army Lacked Procedures to Monitor Man Accused of Killing 5 Soldiers at Counseling Center

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The de facto Honduran government stood firm on Wednesday against letting ousted President Manuel Zelaya back to power, even as Washington froze visas to add pressure on leaders of a June coup to back down.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police killed seven suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, bringing to 33 the total number of deaths since the city's worst recent outbreak of violence erupted over the weekend.

A team of Obama administration officials, joined by officials from France and Russia, will begin negotiating in Vienna on Monday with Iranian diplomats over terms of an unusual deal that could remove a significant amount of Tehran's low-enriched uranium from the country.

Prime Minister Says Poland Ready To Participate in Revamped Missile Defense Shield

PARIS (Reuters) - Documents sought by French judges investigating a bomb attack in Pakistan that killed 11 French nationals in 2002 have been declassified, Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told parliament on Wednesday.

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan -- In the August presidential election, Parvez Mohammad, a 21-year-old cashier at a fast-food restaurant, supported former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. His father and three uncles voted to give incumbent Hamid Karzai another five years in office.

Washington Post: Majority of Americans Says The Nation Lacks a Clear Strategy in the Country

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security agents on Wednesday arrested a Sudanese man who tried to hijack an airliner armed with a plastic knife, security sources said.

"Louis the Great," the Sun King, Radiates Throughout Versailles in New Exhibition

AP - Lawyers for Roman Polanski split on strategies Wednesday, with one suggesting for the first time that Polanski might voluntarily return to the U.S. to face justice in California for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

After years of growing tensions, Iran may soon reach a nuclear programs deal with Western nations. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports from Vienna, the site of the ongoing negotiations.

POITIERS, France -- Under a bright autumn sun, the narrow lanes of ancient Poitiers teemed with families enjoying a lighthearted celebration of street theater. Suddenly, a knot of black-clad youths emerged from the crowd. They donned plastic masks, pulled up their hoods and started destroying eve...

MOSCOW, Oct. 13 -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held lengthy talks with senior Russian officials Tuesday as part of an intense American effort to improve relations, but she made few gains on a top U.S. priority -- increasing pressure on Iran.

AFP - Australia on Wednesday said it wanted to bring its military involvement in Afghanistan to a quick end, despite US and NATO calls for more troops to shore up the campaign against a resurgent Taliban.

AP - Police in Rio expanded a crackdown on gangs beyond the area hit by a wave of killings that has claimed at least 32 lives since the weekend, officials said Wednesday.

Time.com - A move to expel Israel-born offspring of immigrant workers has split the ruling coalition