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Iran nuclear talks move deeper into overtime

 
Associated Press
Associated Press
Published April 2, 2015

Switzerland

Iran nuclear talks move deeper into overtime

Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program appeared to take a sour turn Wednesday after passing a key deadline, but Secretary of State John Kerry decided to stay an extra day in search of a breakthrough. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said progress had been made and Kerry would remain "until at least Thursday morning." But the short period appeared to reflect the difficulties in the talks between six world powers and Iran over a preliminary agreement on restricting Iran's ability to use its civilian nuclear technology to build atomic weapons. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the talks were productive but there were unresolved details. He said the United States would not arbitrarily end the negotiations, but "the United States and the international community is prepared to walk away" if the talks stall.

Israel

Boehner, Netanyahu meeting low-key

Much ado was made in Washington and Jerusalem when it was discovered that House Speaker John Boehner would lead a congressional delegation to Israel this week. It was Boehner, after all, who had invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress, against White House wishes, about the emerging nuclear deal with Iran. The Israel visit was derided as an unseemly victory lap. But after the original deadline for the Iran talks came and went, Boehner came and went without making news.

Atlanta

Teen with new heart killed fleeing police

Police records show an Atlanta area teenager who said a heart transplant gave him a second chance died Tuesday when he lost control of a stolen car while fleeing police. Roswell police say an officer was pursuing 17-year-old Anthony Tremayne Stokes, who was driving a black Honda Accord, because it fit the description of a vehicle involved in a home invasion. Stokes received a heart transplant on Aug. 21, 2013.

Times wires

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr, left, and Germanwings CEO Thomas Winkelmann visit a memorial near the site of the Germanwings jet crash in Le Vernet, France. "We are learning more every day about the cause of the accident," Spohr said Wednesday. "But I think it will take a long, long time for all of us to understand how this could happen."