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(From Lloyds List)
Iran defiant
IRAN vowed never to shelve its nuclear programme, defying the threat of sanctions as a United Nations deadline fell due for Tehran to stop work that the West fears could lead to atomic bombs.
Washington says world powers are poised to begin discussing punitive measures next week against Iran if, as expected, the International Atomic Energy Agency reports Tehran has ignored the UN demand.
KOFI Annan, UN secretary-general, renewed his calls on Israel to lift a blockade on Lebanon swiftly and withdraw fully from the country as soon as 5,000 UN peacekeepers are in the south.
Israeli troops killed a top militant commander in the West Bank, while Palestinian fighters in Gaza renewed rocket attacks that had largely stopped during Israel's Lebanon war.
DARFUR rebels said Sudanese planes and troops attacked villages in the western region ahead of a UN Security Council vote on the deployment of peacekeepers to the region.