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World powers open talks with Iran to curb nuclear program

Officials of six world powers --the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China-- begin a fresh round of talks with Iran amid hopes of progress toward a deal on Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

(LOS ANGELES TIMES) BAGHDAD - The six world powers opened the meeting at midday Wednesday with a group session led by Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief. The group is expected to outline a proposed interim deal in which Iran would halt production of 20% enriched uranium, which can be purified relatively easily to material that can be used in a nuclear bomb. It would also surrender control of all of the material and dismantle an underground bunker where it is being refined.

In return, the other nations would hold off on further sanctions against Iran and would provide several incentives, including help with Iran's civilian nuclear program.

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The Mushroom Industry Helping Ugandan Women To Grow Independent

To meet the need, Uganda trains farmers to grow the nutrient-rich fungi. Many beneficiaries are women seeking financial independence.

Photo of ​Asimwe Novia selecting mushrooms at the Mushroom Training and Resource Centre in Kyanamira, Kabale district, Uganda.

Selecting mushrooms at the Mushroom Training and Resource Centre in Kyanamira, Uganda.

Edna Namara

BUSHENYI — Dorothy Basemera Otim loves a hot bowl of wild mushroom gravy. The retired Ugandan news editor and television personality says for as long as she can remember, she has looked forward to the annual season when suddenly mushrooms spring out of the ground. But lately, that has been rare and unpredictable.

“In the last three years mushrooms have come twice and in different seasons,” she says, as she bends over to pluck some.

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