Emergency state

TBILISI, Georgia: Georgia's parliament speaker said yesterday the national state of emergency that followed a police crackdown on opposition will be lifted tomorrow, a pledge made under a strong pressure from the United States.

Nuke blueprints

VIENNA, Austria: Iran has met a key demand of the U.N. nuclear agency, handing over long-sought blueprints showing how to mold uranium metal into the shape of warheads, diplomats said Tuesday.

House arrest

LAHORE, Pakistan: A senior official said yesterday that Benazir Bhutto will remain under house arrest for at least another day, while the Bush administration was sending its No. 2 diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, to Pakistan to urge President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to rescind emergency rule.