| April 2008 |
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The U.S. cannot verify reports about recent advances in Iran's nuclear program, U.S. State Secretary Condoleezza Rice said on Friday. 
Russia has protested to Thailand over alleged violations in the rights of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, recently arrested in a police operation in Bangkok. 
Iranian nuclear officials in Natanz have launched about 500 new centrifuges to enrich uranium, a source told the Iranian agency IRNA. Iran currently uses around 3,000 'P-1' centrifuges, according to the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, that are prone to breakdown when working at high speed for long periods.

Kosovo authorities plan to open 20 embassies abroad, the deputy prime minister of the self-proclaimed state, Hajredin Kuci, told journalists on Friday. 
A senior Russian lawmaker said on Friday recent comments by Poland's president alleging refusal to unblock Russia-EU partnership talks was evidence of western confrontation against Moscow. 
Space tourist flights to the International Space Station could be stopped from 2010 due to a planned increase in crew numbers on the station, the head of the Russian space agency said Friday. 
Christie's International sold a nude photo of France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for $91,000, over 20 times its pre-auction estimate, the auction house said on Friday. 
Russian humanitarian aid worth around 40 million rubles ($1.7 million) will be delivered to Serbs in north Kosovo next week, a UN spokesman said on Friday. 
Iran has reiterated its call for an international uranium enrichment center to be established on its soil, a deputy head of the country's atomic energy organization said on Friday. 



