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Estonia steps up patrols in the icy Baltic Sea in a show of force after suspected cable sabotage
ABOARD THE EML SAKALA IN THE BALTIC SEA (AP) — As they plied the gray, icy waters of the Baltic Sea west of Russia on Thursday, the crew of the Estonian minehunter EML Sakala kept a careful eye on any vessels slowing down suspiciously or suddenly changing course. They use...

Moldovans grapple with outages as energy crisis grips pro-Russia region
COPANCA, Moldova (AP) — Every time planned electrical outages are imposed on his village in southern Moldova, 73-year-old retiree Vasili Donici passes the time solving crosswords and puzzles in a room he illuminates with a small gas lamp. “It’s a bit hard without...

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to stop making nuclear threats. The 92-year-old spoke at a news...

Germany and other European countries suspend decisions on Syrians' asylum bids after Assad's fall
BERLIN (AP) — Germany and several other European countries said Monday they are suspending decisions on asylum claims by Syrian nationals because of the unclear situation in their homeland following the fall of Bashar Assad. Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said...

Norwegian court rejects mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's 2nd bid for parole
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian court has rejected a second bid for parole by mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011. The Ringerike, Asker and Bærum district court last month held a parole hearing for the 45-year-old...

A Norwegian student has been arrested on charges of spying on the US for Russia
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian student in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and Iran while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, authorities in Norway have said. The man, who has not been identified, was ordered to be held in custody for four weeks....

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik seeks parole for a second time
Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, was in court on Tuesday for a parole hearing. It was the far-right extremist's second bid for freedom after spending more than a decade behind bars. Breivik,...
