Azerbaijan

BAKU - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized foreign attention on the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to death for adultery, and warned that the West needed to lift pressure on the Islamic Republic if it wanted progress in talks about its nuclear program with six world powers tentatively scheduled for next month.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading next week for a five-day trip to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.

BAKU, Azerbaijan - In a letter to the leader of strategically important Azerbaijan, President Barack Obama acknowledges the difficulties in the relationship between the two nations, but says he's confident the issues can be resolved.

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT - U.S.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Candidate Obama repeatedly promised he'd call the almost century-old massacre of Armenians in Turkey as genocide.