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By David Winning SYDNEY--Santos Ltd. said it has shut down the John Brookes platform temporarily after discovering a small gas leak in a key pipeline, predicting it will take between four and... | November 29, 2022
Russia has been nothing if not full of (mostly unpleasant) surprises recently, from the resumption of bomber patrols to planting flags on the Arctic seabed. And while the collapse of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's government yesterday really came as no surprise, Russian President Vladimir Putin's pick for a successor certainly did.
Turkey could send troops into Iraq any day now. It's massing ground forces on its southeastern border for a possible strike against the terrorist/separatist group the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
If you're hoping for major changes in Cuba following the White House's announcement Monday of the easing of some restrictions on interactions with the island - think again.
Last Thursday, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee and a potential '08 candidate, tried to turn the rhetorical tables on the Bush administration by accusing it oddly enough of a "cut and run" strategy in - of all places - Afghanistan. Kerry claimed the administration's policy is "cut and run while the Taliban-led insurgency is running amok . . . while Osama bin Laden and his henchmen hide and plot in a lawless no-man's land," emboldening terrorists and making America less safe, AP reported.