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以色列总理内塔尼亚胡已经对到访的美国特使米切尔说，他希望尽快与巴勒斯坦人重新开始和谈。米切尔目前正在以色列为克林顿国务卿星期六来访作好准备。美国国务卿克林顿访问以色列是奥巴马总统急切盼望重启有关会谈的又一迹象，这一和谈从去年十二月以来停顿至今。同时，内塔尼亚胡对美国努力制止伊朗获取核武器表示赞赏。他对美国支持的处理伊朗浓缩铀的联合国计划表示了谨慎的认同。

希拉里推动重启巴以和谈

美国国务卿希拉里在迪拜会晤了巴勒斯坦民族权力机构主席阿巴斯。她再次努力推动巴勒斯坦和以色列重新启动巴以和平会谈。此后，希拉里前往以色列会晤以色列总理内塔尼亚胡。

希拉里指巴国未尽力反恐

在巴基斯坦访问的希拉里公开质疑巴国政府不知道卡伊达领袖的藏身之处，认为这是令人“难以置信”的。希拉莉在拉合尔同一组新闻编辑会面时说：“你们的政府中没有人知道他们的下落，我认为这是难以置信的。如果他们真想去抓，怎么会抓不到？

伊朗议员拒绝接受核协议

伊朗议会国家安全委员会主席星期六对官方媒体说，该委员会反对把伊朗本国的铀送往国外进一步浓缩的方案。伊朗还没有就国际原子能机构提出的这项方案做出正式回应。据报导，德黑兰将告诉国际原子能机构，伊朗希望在把浓缩铀送到海外之前先得到用于本国反应堆的核燃料。

阿卜杜拉或因选举可信性退出总统决选

阿富汗官员说，如果阿卜杜拉的要求在星期六之前得不到满足，他将抵制决选。阿卜杜拉预计在星期天宣布他的决定。阿卜杜拉本周提出多个条件以避免再次出现8月20日总统选举中的大规模舞弊现象。他要求卡尔扎伊在星期六前撤销阿富汗选举委员会主席阿齐祖拉卢丁的职务，但是遭到卡尔扎伊的拒绝。

两名美国官员下星期出访缅甸

美国国务院星期五表示两名高级美国官员下星期将会出访缅甸，来和政府及反对派的成员进行会谈。国务院发言人表示助理国务卿坎贝尔和他的副手马塞尔将会在星期二开始一次两天之旅。他们将和被拘押的反对派领袖昂山素季以及缅甸的高层军事领袖进行会面。

朝鲜官员在美出席学术会议对无核化态度模糊

朝核问题六方会谈朝鲜代表团副团长、朝鲜外务省美洲局局长李根30日在纽约出席的民间学术会议，与前美国官员及朝鲜问题专家就六方会谈的前景和无核化进程交换了意见。主办方在记者会上透露，李根就改善美朝关系展现了积极态度，但在无核化问题上的态度则不明朗。

日美欧向联合国提交决议案要求朝鲜释放被绑架者

日本、欧盟和美国等29日向联合国第三委员会提交了包括“保证被绑架者立刻回国”等内容的人权决议案，强烈要求朝鲜解决绑架问题。

Abdullah Will Quit Afghan Election, Sources Say

Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the country's electoral crisis, two people familiar with the discussions said.

A boycott would severely undermine a vote intended to affirm the Afghan government's credibility. However, an Abdullah spokesman said no final decision had been made on the candidate's pullout, and that Abdullah will announce his decision Sunday morning. It was possible that word of the boycott was a negotiating tactic by the Abdullah camp.

The political stalemate in Kabul comes as President Barack Obama has been meeting with his advisers to try to determine U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, including troop levels. A weakened Afghan government will make it harder for Obama to get public support for his efforts.

Abdullah, who was once Karzai's foreign minister, put forward several conditions this week to avoid a repeat of the massive fraud of the August presidential election, including the replacement of the top election official and the suspension of several ministers.

He set Saturday as the deadline for his demands to be met.

A Westerner close to talks between the two sides said their agenda also included a power-sharing proposal by the challenger and cited both Karzai and Abdullah as saying that talks broke down Friday, prompting Abdullah to decide on a boycott of the Nov. 7 runoff.

An Afghan figure close to Abdullah said Saturday that the boycott decision came after a contentious and fruitless meeting Thursday over Abdullah's conditions for a runoff.

The Afghan said a boycott was certain, and that Abdullah would likely tell his supporters to simply stay home during the vote.

A spokesman for the Afghan election commission said that it is too late for Abdullah to officially withdraw and that a boycott will not prevent the runoff from going forward.

''The election will be held and all procedures will go as normal,'' Noor Mohammad Noor said.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said a runoff with only one candidate would not necessarily threaten the legitimacy of the process.

'Sending out Iran's nuclear fuel is unreasonable'

A prominent Iranian lawmaker has rejected the possibility of the country's nuclear fuel being sent abroad for processing due to a lack of assurance over the its return.

“It is not reasonable to send all of Iran's 1200 kilograms of low-enriched uranium (LEU) to foreign countries and expect they would provide the required nuclear fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor,” ILNA quoted Rapporteur of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Kazem Jalali, as saying on Saturday.

“There is no guarantee that the fuel will be retuned to Iran,” he went on to say.

The Tehran Research Reactor is used for the purpose of producing radioisotopes to be used in cancer treatment by over 200 hospitals in Iran.

Referring to Iran's offer to purchase 20-percent enriched uranium for the research reactor, the Iranian lawmaker criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)for sending Iran's letter to only the US, Russia and France.

“The IAEA should have sent the letter to all the countries which have the nuclear fuel,” he added.

Iran, as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a cooperative member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is entitled to enrich uranium for civilian purposes. This includes producing fuel for its nuclear power plants (under construction) and providing fuel for its research reactor in Tehran.