TEHRAN (AP) — Tehran’s arch-conservative mayor capped a stunning political rise Saturday to claim second place in Iran’s presidential race and face one of the nation’s most famous statesmen in a head-to-head vote. Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — a 49-year-old former student radical backed by Iran’s ruling clerics and their military …

BAGHDAD — Donny George of the Iraq Museum is more concerned about security than most museum directors. Books on George’s shelves summarise his struggle: “Institutional Trauma: Major Change in Museums and its Effect on Staff,” “Museum Security and Protection” and “Moving the Mountain: A Guide to Moving Collections.”

ABUJA (AFP) — African Union mediators continued informal negotiations on Saturday to break the deadlock over Chad’s participation in the ongoing peace talks to end the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region, an AU spokesman said, while playing down the problem. “Negotiations are continuing at the highest levels to reach a …