The US Ambassadors to London and Dublin were in the North today leading a business delegation on a two-day fact finding missing.

Iran is currently installing 3,000 centrifuges, a top Iranian governor said today in an announcement underlining that Iran will continue its nuclear programme despite UN sanctions.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday he was confident of securing agreement on a new United Nations resolution on Iraq as international weapons inspectors prepared for talks on returning to Baghdad.

Iran, with help from Russia and other countries, is developing a long range missile that will give it the ability to strike Nato countries in Europe for the first time, a senior United States administration official said today.

The US has warned it will withdraw from a ballistic missile treaty if Russia fails to agree to a deal over its planned missile defence system.