OAK BLUFFS Mass. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave Americans an update on U.S. military strikes in Iraq on Saturday from a podium on the White House lawn with Marine One, the presidential helicopter, parked in the background.
Pro-union campaign says sterling not in independent Scotland's interests
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - A formal currency union would not be in the interests of an independent Scotland, the leader of the campaign to keep the United Kingdom together has said, stepping up pressure on nationalist plans to keep the pound.
Lebanese villagers repel Islamists who crossed from Syria: Lebanese sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist militants crossed into Lebanon from Syria on Saturday, triggering a gun battle with Lebanese villagers who forced them back across the border, Lebanese security sources said.
U.S. urges India to step up as regional power
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States urged India on Saturday to bolster its role as a global power and force for regional stability, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit to Washington since his election in May.
Ukraine says stops Russian troops invading, Moscow calls statement 'fairy tale'
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Saturday it had headed off an attempt by Russia to send troops into Ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers with the aim of provoking a large-scale military conflict, a statement Moscow dismissed as a "fairy tale".
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