Putin compares US missile shield to Cuban crisis
MAFRA, Portugal (Reuters): Russia's President Vladimir Putin drew a parallel yesterday between United States plans for a missile shield in Europe and the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, widely regarded as the closest the world came to nuclear war.
President vows to punish French for child-smuggling bid
N'DJAMENA (Reuters): Chadian President Idriss Deby vowed yesterday that nine French nationals detained for trying to smuggle out African children to live with European families would pay for their "horrible" crime. Chadian police arrested the group on...
Court frees teen jailed 10 years for oral sex
ATLANTA (Reuters): Georgia's top court ordered the release yesterday of a youth sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl in a case that sparked a national campaign on his behalf. In a split decision, the...
Gov't sends troops to border
ANKARA (Reuters): Turkish helicopters and fighter jets pounded Kurdish rebel positions yesterday as diplomatic efforts began in Ankara to avert a major offensive against the guerrillas based in northern Iraq. Turkey described as unsatisfactory a series of...
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