LAUSANNE: World-power foreign ministers were due on Sunday (Monday in Manila) to make a final push to get Iran to agree to curtail its nuclear program days before a looming deadline to agree the outlines of a deal.

On Saturday (Sunday in Manila), officials expressed guarded optimism that after 18 months of tortuous negotiations and two missed deadlines a breakthrough might be in sight for a deal ending 12 years of tensions.

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