VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran's demand for changes to a nuclear fuel deal is unacceptable because it could mean Tehran keeping enough enriched uranium for possible use in an atom bomb, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in an interview.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced on Wednesday it was limiting settlement construction for 10 months to try to revive peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but they said the step fell short of their terms for talks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States unveiled its proposal to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday and said President Barack Obama will attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month -- before other world leaders show up.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fight over a U.S. government-run public insurance plan may be getting louder and noisier, but for now the program's political symbolism far exceeds its practical impact on expanding health coverage.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court indicted seven Pakistani suspects on terror charges on Wednesday in connection with last year's attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, a defense lawyer said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and U.N. officials have proposed solutions to Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president to stop him vetoing for a second time a law needed for an election to take place next year, an official said on Wednesday.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two freelance journalists released in Somalia Wednesday after 15 months captivity said they were tortured and feared being sold on to hardline rebels in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey voters are split on whether to legalize gay marriage, but more people now oppose it than support it, a poll found on Wednesday.

War is expensive, and it's about to get more so if the U.S. government escalates its military efforts in Afghanistan.

The total number of bankruptcies filed in the third quarter surged 33% in 2009 and is at the highest level since 2005, according to data released Wednesday.

With sales slow and credit tight, small merchants are scrambling to stock their shelves for the year's biggest shopping season.

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When the herd of investors heads in one direction, count on Don Yacktman to steer his fund the other way.

In September 2004, John Randolph "Bunky" Hearst Jr. and his wife, Barbara, hosted what would be their last dinner party at the couple's estate in the Hamptons.

New home sales spiked in October, one month after declining unexpectedly.

Stocks climbed Wednesday in a thinly-traded session ahead of Thanksgiving, as investors welcomed a bigger-than-expected drop in weekly jobless claims.

Toyota announced Wednesday that it will fix gas pedals in millions of cars for an accelerator problem that had previously been blamed on floor mats.