Iran The UN atomic agency continues emergency talks on Iran's nuclear ambitionsy, after US President George W. Bush expressed scepticism at signs Tehran was ready to resume talks with European powers. US-Iraq-Iran US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused Iran of allowing weapons to be smuggled across its border into Iraq, warning that "ultimately, it's a problem for Iran." US Space Shuttle Discovery roared safely back to Earth in California in a dramatic finale to the first shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster in 2003. Mideast Mahmud Abbas called on the Palestinian people to show the world they deserved their independence by ensuring that this month's Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip takes place free of violence. Nepal Nepal's army accused Maoist rebels of executing 40 soldiers in the deadliest incident since the king seized power in February, as the US ambassador warned the country risked sliding into chaos.