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Lawmaker says Iran is installing centrifuges

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran is currently installing 3,000 centrifuges, a top lawmaker said Saturday in an announcement underlining that the country will continue to develop its nuclear program despite U.N. sanctions. The lawmaker, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, said the installation underway at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant "stabilizes Iran's capability in the field of nuclear technology," the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Three inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency who arrived in Iran on Saturday are scheduled to visit the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, Iranian state-television reported.

Suicide bomber kills 15 in northwestern Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide attacker detonated a bomb among police on guard near a Shiite Muslim mosque in this northwestern Pakistani city Saturday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30, police said. The blast went off in a bazaar area about 200 yards from a mosque that was the starting point for the Shiite procession. It caused a power outage that left the city center in darkness, complicating rescue efforts.

Carjackers shoot 2 in a U.S. Embassy vehicle

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Gunmen carjacked a U.S. Embassy vehicle on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Saturday and killed the wife of an embassy employee and his mother-in-law. Police later killed two of the carjackers. Carjackings are common around Nairobi, and Kenya's government spokesman, Alfred Mutua, said Saturday's violence was believed to be "a random attack." The victims were the wife and mother-in-law of a U.S. Embassy employee, said Robert Kerr, an embassy spokesman.

Russian man denies role in ex-spy's poisoning

MOSCOW -- The man reported by British media to be a suspect in the murder of a former Russian agent in London denied Saturday any role in the radiation poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko. Andrei Lugovoi said he viewed the reports in Britain's Guardian newspaper and Sky News that he is a suspect in the murder as an attempt by the British authorities to make up for the lack of evidence against him. Sky News reported Friday that British prosecutors believe they have enough evidence to charge Lugovoi.

-- From wire reports