DUBAI - AL QAEDA'S second-in-command urged Egyptians to reject a visit by US President Barack Obama to Egypt during which he plans to deliver a message to Muslims.

LONDON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama reiterated that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy - provided it takes steps to prove its aspirations are peaceful.

In a BBC interview broadcast on Tuesday, Mr Obama also restated plans to pursue direct diplomacy with Tehran to encourage it to set aside any ambitions for nuclear weapons it might harbor.

PARIS - THREE young Irish doctors, all close friends, enjoying a two-week vacation together in Brazil.

That's how their families want to remember Aisling Butler, 26, Jane Deasy, 27, and Eithne Walls, 29 - three of the 228 passengers who met with tragedy as Air France Flight 447 ended up in the Atlantic Ocean.