Iran responds to big powers' nuclear offer They offer talks on economic and other benefits if Teheran halts the nuclear work that the West suspects is aimed at making bombs. -Reuters
Former US Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86 He was a die-hard anti-communist firebrand who championed a wide range of conservative causes in his 30 years in the US Senate. -
Continental to stand trial for Concorde crash US Continental Airlines and two of its employees are to stand trial for manslaughter over the crash of an Air France Concorde in 2000 that killed 113 people. -AFP