Congress readies Iran sanctions if diplomacy fails (AP)

AP - Congress is poised to act swiftly to impose tough new sanctions on Iran if international talks on Tehran's nuclear program show signs of faltering. Already, some lawmakers are demanding that the United States strike immediately with new penalties rather than wait for an uncertain multinational consensus.

IBM email challenges Google in the 'cloud' (AFP)

AFP - IBM on Monday will begin offering businesses a basic "cloud computing" email service at a price that undercuts a plusher offering by Internet giant Google.

Samba! Rio wins right to host the 2016 Olympics (AP)

AP - The country's president was blunt. "It is," Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, "Brazil's time."