What's Next: Oct. 2, 2006

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Deadline Redux

Iran's fourth date in four months

World powers gave Iran a new deadline of early October to stop its nuclear research or face sanctions. E.U. and Iranian negotiators are set to meet this week in an undisclosed European capital.

Sayonara, Koizumi

Abe likely to be Japan's next PM

Crowd-pleasing Elvis fan Junichiro Koizumi bids farewell to the top job in Japan this week. His likely successor: conservative Shinzo Abe, right, who hopes to revamp Japan's pacifist constitution.

A Really Fly Fence

Border barrier ready by spring

Boeing doesn't just build jets. Last week it landed a $67 million contract to build a largely virtual fence with drones, cameras and sensors along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Wal-Mart Drug Deal

Always low prices--on pills too

Pharmacists everywhere got headaches after Wal-Mart said it would sell 291 prescription drugs for just $4 a month, starting in the geriatric heartland of Florida before expanding nationwide.

Fox Gets Faithful

Movie studio courts Christians

Does this gambit have a prayer? 20th Century Fox last week became the first big studio to unveil a faith-based unit. FoxFaith's first release, right, out Oct. 6, is a western called Love's Abiding Joy.