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Baghdad, May 25, IRNA - A member of Iran's negotiation delegation in Baghdad has ruled out the AFP report that Saeed Jalili, the Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran (SNSCI), had met the US envoy. The Iranian, who wanted not to be named, told IRNA that the SNSCI Secretary and the US delegation have had no meeting and talks.

By SAPA REUTERS (File image) Iran's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh. Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger The UN atomic watchdog said Friday that it has detected in Iran traces of higher-grade uranium than Tehran had said it was enriching, but that the Iranians had said it may be down to a technical error. "The results of analysis of environmental samples ...

Published: 25/05/2012 at 01:48 PM Online news: Asia Tweet More than 200 mountaineers are set to head for the summit of Mount Everest on Friday and Saturday, risking perilous overcrowding just a week after four died on the packed trail in bad weather. In this photo, released by Neal Beidleman in 2011, unidentified mountaineers are seen walk past the Hillary Step while pushing for the summit of Everest.

Photo: Can Djokovic add the French Open title to his trophy cabinet? (Alex Livesey: Getty Images) Novak Djokovic's bid to become the first man in 43 years to hold all four grand slam titles at the same time hit its first hurdle on Friday when Roger Federer became a potential French Open semi-final opponent. World number one Djokovic, three times a semi-finalist in Paris, is the top seed at the French Open with Federer, the 2009 champion, seeded three and

British climber Kenton Cool, seen here in March, has reached the summit of Everest, his website announced, fulfilling an 88-year-old promise to carry an Olympic gold medal to the top of the world's highest peak. British climber Kenton Cool shows an Olympic gold medal awarded to Arthur Wakefield in 1924 as he prepares to reach the summit of Everest.