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By Mark Heinrich VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear negotiator and the EU foreign policy chief meet again on Sunday after what they termed constructive talks in search of compromise that might avert looming U.N. sanctions over Tehran's atomic program. The European Union's Javier Solana was trying to clarify whether Iran might shift closer to satisfying a demand to stop enriching uranium to qualify for trade benefits offered by world powers and pre-empt sanctions by the U.N. Security Council. T ...

By Adrian Croft JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli leader Ehud Olmert told Tony Blair on Saturday he was ready to meet the Palestinian president as the British prime minister began a visit to try to revive Middle East peace negotiations. But Olmert stressed that securing the release of a soldier captured by Gaza militants was top of the agenda ahead of any meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on a stalled peace "road map". "I assured Prime Minister Blair that I am ready to work closely ...

By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair appealed for an end to personal attacks within his Labour Party on Saturday, days after being forced to announce he will leave office within a year. Blair acknowledged a week of open feuding had been a disaster and warned the party could lose the next general election, expected in 2009, if it became bogged down in infighting. "We're no ...