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Both members of a U.S. fighter jet crew were rescued in Libya after their F-15E Strike Eagle malfunctioned and crashed, the U.S. military said. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said "significant military fighting" in Libya "should recede in the next few days."
Russia has made a deal with the former warlord who runs the Chechen Republic, giving him leave to do as he wishes as long as the mountainous region remains outwardly peaceful.
Russia has made a deal with the former warlord who runs the Chechen Republic, giving him leave to do as he wishes as long as the mountainous region remains outwardly peaceful.
Setting aside decades of acrimony over President Reagan's vision of a "Star Wars" missile shield, the United States and Russia have been holding exploratory but serious talks about potential ways to cooperate on missile defense in Europe.
President Ali Abdullah Saleh's grip on power looked increasingly tenuous Monday as top generals, tribal leaders and diplomats turned against him, apparently dividing the military and leaving the long-serving former army officer barricaded in his presidential palace.
Despite the airstrikes, Gaddafi's forces were digging in outside Ajdabiya, which straddles highways that go north to Benghazi and east across the desert to Tobruk.
Administration officials and military leaders came under a barrage of questions - raised by members of Congress, outside experts and reporters - about the parameters of U.S. participation and the operation's goals, especially if Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi does not capitulate.
The young, the talented and the ambitious are running into career dead-ends in Russia, setting off a widespread conversation about a new wave of emigration.
The money is flowing in, but it could bring with it a complacency that will hinder reform.
Administration officials and military leaders came under a barrage of questions - raised by members of Congress, outside experts and reporters - about the parameters of U.S. participation and the operation's goals, especially if Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi does not capitulate.
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