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The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency votes to ask the U.N. Security Council to consider action against Iran for its efforts to pursue a nuclear program. But at the behest of China and Russia, action will be delayed at least a month.

South Dakota moves closer to sparking a national debate over Roe v. Wade. Gov. Mike Rounds says he's inclined to sign a sweeping ban on abortion that has already passed the state legislature. It's aimed at forcing a Supreme Court challenge to Roe.

Militants aligned with Hamas fire homemade rockets at Israel, ending a truce agreed to 16 months ago. Seven Palestinian civilians died Friday when an Israeli artillery round hit a Gaza beach. Israel says the shell went astray, and is investigating.

Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declares victory for his centrist Kadima party in Israel's parliamentary elections. Kadima won 28 seats in the 120-member parliament. Olmert says he'd prefer a peace deal with Palestinians, but is ready to act unilaterally to define Israel's final borders.

Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his former business partner, Adam Kidan, are sentenced to five years and 10 months each after admitting to fraud in a Florida gambling scheme. The sentences could be reduced as both men cooperate with other government investigations.

President Bush is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice back to the Middle East on Saturday to continue working for an end to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Bush made the announcement at the White House during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the longest-serving leader in postwar Italy, resigns to make way for a center-left government led by Romano Prodi. Berlusconi, leader of a conservative faction that took power in 2001, had refused to concede defeat in the nation's April elections.

The Food and Drug Administration is moving toward a compromise on the emergency contraception pill. The announcement came a day before a Capitol Hill hearing on the nomination of a new FDA commissioner.

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was among those giving emotional testimony at the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui about the horror of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Prosecutors want Moussaoui to get the death penalty for his role in the attacks. The defense will try to show that Moussaoui deserves a life sentence.

States struggling to meet their testing requirements under the No Child Left Behind act are increasingly struggling with scoring problems and testing delays. Officials say the problems stem from the limited number of companies that provide tests and testing services.