World -- January 16, 2006

• Abbas not to seek re-election as Palestinian president
• Bachelet leads Chile presidential elections with 67 percent counted
• Bolivian president-elect to meet US delegation at inauguration
• Bachelet elected as Chile's first woman president
• Capsule carrying clues to early universe back on Earth

• Chief judge in Saddam trial offers resignation
• France urges for talks with Iran on nuclear activities
• Halonen wins first round of Finnish presidential vote
• Iran slams ElBaradei remarks on Iran's nuclear program
• Israel OKs limited Palestinian election in East Jerusalem

• Iran slams ElBaradei remarks on Iran's nuclear program
• Iran to hold conference on the Holocaust
• Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber dies at 78
• Negotiations on Cyprus issue must be within UN framework
• Negotiations on Cyprus issue must be within UN framework

• One suspected bird flu patient dies in Turkey
• 'Pakistan should have equal access to nuke tech'
• Pakistan: Zawahri escaped US air strike
• US police shoot student