MOSCOW (AFP) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Russia is building, should come online this summer, Russian news agencies reported.

DOHA (AFP) - The UN body overseeing commerce in endangered wildlife on Thursday rejected a proposal to outlaw trade in eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna, a sushi mainstay in Japan.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's historic health overhaul would cut 130 billion dollars from the US budget deficit through 2019, the US Congress's independent budget arm said Thursday.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission said Thursday that Greek interest in possible aid from the IMF to help it resolve its debt problems was "natural, logical and prudent."

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US rights activist freed in Myanmar is "thrilled" to be returning home but will need a medical check-up, his fiancee said Thursday after speaking to him.