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British officials have said that efforts to revive stalled international talks about Iran's nuclear program will resume shortly. A spokesman for the British foreign office said the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton would contact the Iranians within days. The BBC diplomatic correspondent says there is a narrow window of opportunity now that the US elections are over.
The head of the government in the Cayman Islands McKeeva Bush has been arrested on suspicion of corruption. A police spokeswoman in the British overseas territory, best known as a tax haven, said Mr Bush would remain in his post for the time being. Karen Zarindast reports.
The prime minister who's also the minister of finance, tourism and developments,is being questioned in police custody. The police say he was arrested on suspicion of theft in connection with financial irregularities relating to misuse of a government credit card, he has not been charged. In a statement the British foreign office said it was confident the commissioner of police would ensure that full, fair and robust investigation was carried out and that the commissioner had the British government support in doing so.
The death has been announced in Moscow of Galina Vishnevskaya, the opera singer and widow of the celebrated cellist and conductor, Mstislav Rostropovich. She was 86. The soprano won fame in Soviet times when she performed in the Bolshoi Theatre.