Obama's preference for talks with Iran faces test  BRADLEY
KLAPPER MATTHEW LEE Associated Press Published:  WASHINGTON (AP)
-- President Barack Obama's preferred path to end the Iranian
nuclear standoff faces a stern test this week when world powers
sit down with Iran in another bid to press it to meet
international demands to prove it is not trying to develop
nuclear weapons. Failure will strengthen calls for military
action.  Wednesday's talks in Baghdad come at a critical
juncture in the almost decade-long effort to persuade Iran's
government to halt its enrichment of uranium and allow
unfettered access to international inspectors, with Israel
continuing to speak of a possible attack. Republican rival Mitt
Romney also has derided Obama's engagement efforts, putting
pressure on the president to deliver progress soon.  The chief
of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano, was in Tehran on
Monday, hoping to reach a deal that would allow the
International Atomic Energy Agency to resume a long-stalled
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