What's Next: Oct. 2, 2006

Deadline Redux

Iran's fourth date in four months

World powers gave Iran a new deadline of early October to stop its nuclear research or face sanctions. E.U. and Iranian negotiators are set to meet this week in an undisclosed European capital.

Sayonara, Koizumi

Abe likely to be Japan's next PM

Crowd-pleasing Elvis fan Junichiro Koizumi bids farewell to the top job in Japan this week. His likely successor: conservative Shinzo Abe, right, who hopes to revamp Japan's pacifist constitution.

A Really Fly Fence

Border barrier ready by spring

Boeing doesn't just build jets. Last week it landed...

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