| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Seoul: N. Korea ready for nuclear test | | North Korea appears to be ready to carry out a nuclear test whenever leaders of the reclusive state give the green light, a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Ministry said Thursday. |
| Fire on nuclear sub extinguished | | Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a nuclear submarine early Thursday at a U.S. Navy shipyard in Maine after battling it for hours, according to a statement released by the shipyard. |
| Iran, world powers extend nuke talks | | A stalemate in the latest round of nuclear negotiations with Iran pushed talks into an additional day, with diplomats from Tehran and six world powers agreeing to meet again Thursday. |
| Polls open for 2nd day of voting in Egypt | | Polls opened Thursday morning in Egypt for the second and final day of voting in the country's ground-breaking presidential election, even as many worried the armed forces would quash the results if the top brass doesn't like the country's choice. |
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