From the voanews center in Washington. A senior Iranian judiciary official says Iran will soon execute 9 more convicted rioters for their connections to the unrest that erupted after the country’s disputed presidential election in June. The official Ebrahim Raisi is (quoted) by the Fars news agency as saying the nine, along with 2 people who were executed last week were linked to anti-revolutionary groups. Five American terrorism suspects detained in Pakistan have declared their innocence and say they have been tortured by US investigators and Pakistani police in jail. As the five suspects arrived in a police van for court today in the eastern city of Sargodha one of the (suspects) tossed a scrap of paper to reporters. The suspects wrote on the paper that US FBI and Pakistani police have tortured them and that they are being framed. The paper also said the police are keeping the suspects away from their families and media. The US embassy spokesman rejected the allegations as completely baseless. Pakistani police have also denied the torture accusations. The five men, all muslims from the Washington D.C. area were (detained) in December in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Afghan president Hamid Karzai is traveling to Saudi Arabia to ask Saudi king Abdullah for help as he tries to reach out the Taliban. Mr. Karzai is expected to discuss his reconciliation plan with the king. That plan is (aimed) at persuading Taliban militants to sweep sides. The trial of US Airline Continental as well as five individuals charged in the crash of an air France Concord that killed 113 people back in 2000 is set to began in France today. Defendents include 2 employees of the US carrier, employees of the company that made the supersonic concord and a French aviation official all are (charged) with man slaughter. The trial is exected to last four months. The Chinese government blames the Dalai Lama’s envoys for a lack of results in the latest round of reconciliation talks whick took place at the end of January. Stephenie Ho reports from Beijing. Zhu Weicheng is vice minister of the Chinese communist party, the united work front department which handles Tibet issues. He made clear Tuesday that China considers the Dalai Lama’s call for a greater autonomy for his homeland to be a (disguised) call for Tibetan independence. Zhu says independence for Tibet affects China’s territory integrity and national dignity. He says on these issues the Chinese government sees no room for negotiation or concession. The Dailai Lama is Tibet’s (spiritual) leader. He fled to India in 1999 following a failed uprise against Chinese rule in Tibet. Zhu accuses the Dalai Lama of setting up what he called an illegal government negza(?). He also stresses that the Chinese refuses to discuss whether the Dalai Lama is the representative of all Tibetans and instead will only discuss terms of his return to Tibet. Stephenie Ho voanews, Beijing. China meanwhile is (warning) president Barack Obama not to meet with the Dalai Lama’s saying such a meeting would harm bilateral relations. South Korea’s president and senior officials say a summit with North Korea may be possible this year. However they are ruling out paying the North for the abandon saying it would only be held as the result of serious steps toward ending the North nuclear weapons. Voa’s Kurt Achin reports. South Korean president Li myung bak told members of his cabnet Tuesday his administration would never pay a price in (exchange) for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Mr. Li told a broadcast interviewer earlier this week he will be willing to meet with the North korean leader sometime this year. Media speculation of a possible summit has run high for weeks here in South Korea. A historic inter-Korean summit in 2000 was later tarnished by revelations at former president kim dae jung had apparently arranged half a billion dollars to be transferred to the North in exchange for the event. The Li administration says it will not repeat that strategy with cash or with aid such as fertilizer. South Korea’s unification minister Hyun In-taek told reporters in Seoul Tuesday any potential summit would depend heavily on the North’s approach to abandoning its nuclear (weapons). Kurt Achin voanews, Seoul. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is on trial again for sodomy his second such trial in ten years. Speaking outside a packed court room today, Anwar said his lawyers would call prime minister Najib Razak and his wife as witnesses. The trial was postponed until the afternoon while Anwar’s lawyers filed motions to obtain medical reports that say they need for his (defense). I’m David DeForest, voanews. More news on the internet at voanews.com.