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Iran is seeking two crucial changes to the plan &#8212; a slower timetable for delivery and the &#8220;simultaneous exchange&#8221; of nuclear fuel in return &#8212; but Iranian President Mahmoud <span>Ahmadinejad says the country is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail.aspx?id=109930&amp;sectionid=351020104\">ready to cooperate<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Taliban and Al Qaeda <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paktribune.com\/news\/index.shtml?220725\">deny involvement<\/a> in yesterday&#8217;s bombing that killed over 100 people in a crowded market in Peshawar, Pakistan. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kuwait&#8217;s highest court rules that female parliamentarians <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuwaittimes.net\/read_news.php?newsid=NDY2NjAxNDgw\">do not need to wear a headscarf<\/a>. 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