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economic sanctions would make Iran less willing to compromise during a coming, six-month period aimed at reaching a final agreement.
• Netanyahu told his Cabinet that Sunday's deal gave Iran much-needed relief from the sanctions, but left most of Iran's nuclear infrastructure intact. In particular, he cited Iran's continued ability to enrich uranium, a key step in making a nuclear bomb.
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• KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's president says he won't immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by an assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year.
• Hamid Karzai spoke after the Loya Jirga issued its statement Sunday. He argued Afghanistan needed more time to ensure that the United States was committed to peace in the country.
• Although he did not repeat his earlier preference that he would wait until the April elections, he reiterated the need for more time. He did not say when he would sign.
• The chairman of the 2,500-member national consultative council approved the deal and asked that it be signed by the end of 2013.
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• VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican has for the first time publicly unveiled a handful of disputed bone fragments said by some to belong to the first pope, St. Peter.
• The eight or so pieces of bone sat nestled like rings in a jewel box inside a big bronze display case on the side of the altar during a Mass commemorating the end of the Vatican's yearlong celebration of the Christian faith.
• Pope Francis prayed before the fragments, blessing them with incense, at the start of Sunday's service.
• No pope has ever definitively declared the fragments to belong to the Apostle Peter, but Pope Paul VI in 1968 said fragments found in the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica were "identified in a way that we can consider convincing."
• Some archaeologists dispute the finding.
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