* Arab MP: Only nukes will erase Israel A member of the Egyptian Parliament from President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party said Monday that nothing short of a nuclear bomb would “work” with Israel.

* N Korea agrees disarmament steps North Korea has agreed to take the first steps towards nuclear disarmament, as part of a deal reached during six-nation talks in Beijing.

* Ruins discovered at Mughrabi site As the controversy swirls around the construction of the new bridge leading to the Temple Mount at the Mughrabi Gate, archeologists have already uncovered finds from the medieval period.

* Iran on course for nuclear bomb, EU told Iran will be able to develop enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear bomb.

* Putin calls for international conference on Mideast Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday reiterated his proposal for convening an international conference on the Middle East.

* Teraflops chip points to future A chip with 80 processing cores and capable of more than a trillion calculations per second (teraflops) has been unveiled by Intel.

* Jordan’s king talks with Abbas on reviving Mideast peace Jordan’s King Abdullah II urged Israel and the Palestinians Monday to actively engage in negotiations to end their lingering conflict.

* French MEP sees way out of EU constitutional crisis As proposals to chop, add to or scrap the EU constitution continue to crop up almost daily, a French MEP believes he has found the solution to the bloc’s institutional impasse.

* Israel: No Final Status Talks at Summit As U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepares to convene a three-way summit with the leaders of Israel and the PA, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is sticking to his refusal to discuss three major elements of any final-status agreement.

* Mugrabi bridge plan to be reexamined The Jewish Quarter Development Company announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing its request to build a new bridge at the Mugrabi Gate area in Jerusalem.