In Brief

* NUCLEAR – Iran expressed qualified support for a plan to enrich its uranium on Russian territory to defuse an international row over the Islamic state’s nuclear power programme, but warned that Western attempts to increase diplomatic pressure could wreck the deal.

* KIDNAPPED – US and Iraqi forces were searching for two German engineers kidnapped by men posing as Iraqi soldiers outside an oil refinery, the latest foreigners to fall victim to a hostage-taking spree. * WEAPONS – South Korea warned the United States of trouble ahead in bilateral ties after an angry dispute broke out between Seoul and Washington over sanctions against North Korea.* ANGER – British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was greeted by scores of protestors on a visit to Cyprus that has stirred deep anger among Greek Cypriots over his planned talks in the breakaway north.* CRASH – Montenegrin officials said they suspected driver error and brake failure caused a packed train to derail and plunge into a rocky ravine, killing at least 44 people and injuring more than 230.- Nampa-AFP* WEAPONS – South Korea warned the United States of trouble ahead in bilateral ties after an angry dispute broke out between Seoul and Washington over sanctions against North Korea.* ANGER – British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was greeted by scores of protestors on a visit to Cyprus that has stirred deep anger among Greek Cypriots over his planned talks in the breakaway north.* CRASH – Montenegrin officials said they suspected driver error and brake failure caused a packed train to derail and plunge into a rocky ravine, killing at least 44 people and injuring more than 230. – Nampa-AFP