SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking to resume talks on a free trade deal with Russia as part of efforts to expand its economic cooperation with the country, the government said Tuesday. Free trade agreement (FTA) talks with Russia came to a halt in 2008 when Russia suspended negotiations unilaterally.

Kabul, May 20 (EFE).- At least 14 people including a senior official died Monday in a suicide attack against government buildings in Pul-e-Khumri, capital of the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, police told Efe. Mohammad Rasul Mohsini, chairman of the provincial council, died in the attack together with five of his bodyguards and eight civilians, while another 11 people were wounded. The terrorist, who arrived on foot, detonated the bombs he was carrying in front of the provincial council building, the Baghlan chief of police, Javid Bashara, told Efe.

By Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Emergency workers searched for survivors in the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, but officials on Tuesday sharply lowered the number of deaths caused by the storm.

WASHINGTON - A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political groups.