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VIENNA, Austria (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday followed through on his threat to cease all cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, the nation's state-run media, IRNA, reported. The move, intended as retaliation for the agency referring Iran to the U.N. Security Council, means the country will begin enriching uranium and put an end to impromptu inspections of its nuclear facilities, IRNA reported. Iran has said it is pursuing nuclear research for peaceful ...

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- When Janann Ransom arrived at Georgia's Capitol, about 1,400 people had already lined up in a cold, gusty wind to pay tribute to civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. But Ransom was undeterred. "She's worth it," Ransom said. "She stood in line for me, her and her husband, when I couldn't." Thousands of mourners poured into Georgia Capitol Rotunda to pay tribute to the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the first woman and the first black person to lie in hono ...

SAFAGA, Egypt (AP) -- The series of tragic errors that apparently claimed more than 1,000 lives on an Egyptian ferry escalated when the crew decided to push across the Red Sea despite the fire burning in the aging vessel's parking bay, survivors said Saturday. The Al-Salaam Boccaccio 98 had sailed only about 20 miles from the Saudi shore, but its crew instead tried to reach Egypt's shores 110 miles away. Only 376 survivors had been rescued by late Saturday. "We told the crew, 'Let's turn back, ...

By Rex Gowar LONDON (Reuters) - England will not easily loosen their grip on the World Cup next year if Saturday's emphatic 47-13 win over European champions Wales is anything to go by. The world champions ran in six tries at Twickenham to sound a warning not only to their immediate rivals in the rest of the Six Nations tournament but the southern hemisphere giants too. Ireland, who struggled to beat Italy 26-16 in Dublin, and Scotland, who host France at Murrayfield on Sunday, look like they ...

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A Hamas-led Palestinian parliament will convene on February 16, according to Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, who held a news conference Saturday following his meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Zahar stood by the radical Palestinian group Hamas' refusal to recognize Israel, and said that backing away from that stance was not presented as a condition dur ...

By Tony Jimenez LONDON (Reuters) - Former England captain Alan Shearer broke Newcastle United's goal-scoring record in a 2-0 home win over fellow strugglers Portsmouth on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who took on the role of assistant to caretaker boss Glenn Roeder following the midweek sacking of Graeme Souness, scored in the second half to eclipse Jackie Milburn's record of 200 goals. "Knowing Alan Shearer like I do, he will be happy to share that (the record) with the fans and send them away  ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) -- Muslim demonstrators in Damascus, Syria, torched the Norwegian Embassy and the building housing Denmark's embassy, because newspapers in those countries had published what they consider blasphemous depictions of Islam's Prophet Mohammed. Thousands of angry Muslims protested in other cities, including Islamabad, Pakistan; Baghdad, Iraq; Khartoum, Sudan; the Palestinian territories; and Jakarta, Indonesia. (Read about one Danish ambassador's meeting with protesters) In D ...

By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - World champions England scored six tries to crush European champions Wales 47-13 in their opening Six Nations game at Twickenham on Saturday. England led 15-10 at the break with tries from Mark Cueto and Lewis Moody but took total control in the second half with further scores for Mike Tindall, Lawrence Dallaglio, on his international return, Matt Dawson and Tom Voyce. Wales, shorn of half a dozen of the players who helped them to the grand slam last seaso ...

By Tony Jimenez LONDON (Reuters) - Former England captain Alan Shearer broke Newcastle United's goal-scoring record in a 2-0 home win over fellow strugglers Portsmouth on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who took on the role of assistant to caretaker boss Glenn Roeder following the midweek sacking of Graeme Souness, scored in the second half to eclipse Jackie Milburn's record of 200 goals. "Knowing Alan Shearer like I do, he will be happy to share that (the record) with the fans and send them away  ...

By Rasha Elass DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Furious Syrians set fire to the Danish and Norwegian embassies on Saturday as protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad showed no signs of abating despite calls for calm. Oil giant Iran, already embroiled in a dispute with the West over its nuclear programme, said it was reviewing trade ties with countries that have published such caricatures. Chanting "God is Greatest", thousands of protesters stormed the Danish embassy, burnt the Danish flag and repl ...