Putin Orders air combat drills in Russia amid Arctic alliance show
Russia conducts four days of air readiness with 12 000 troops 250 aircraft and 700 artillery pieces at a Siberian range including cruise missile strikes. NATO exercises over the Arctic involve 100 fighters and 4 000 personnel from the U S and eight European states with live fire through June 5.
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Oslo
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Iraqi prime minister says Ramadi will be retaken within days
Beirut Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi told the BBC that Iraqi forces will recapture Ramadi in days. He rejected U S Defense Secretary Carter's accusation of a lack of will to fight, saying the claim was wrong.
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Army of Steel
Associated Press
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Beirut
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Haider Abadi
BBC
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U.S
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Baghdad
Tikrit
California eyes Australian drought lessons for its own Big Dry
The AP reports Australia faced a prolonged drought from the late 1990s to 2012, prompting government caps on entitlements, buybacks, and strict metering. Limits on usage, price-linked water trading, and senior rights shaped how farms and cities sourced water. Officials say conservation and efficiency measures helped weather the crisis, offering California a potential playbook as its own drought deepens.
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Murray
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San Francisco
James Phelan
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Tuolumne
Jerry Brown
California
Brown
Stuart White
Obama to push broad Clean Water Act clarification
The Obama administration plans new rules to clearly define protected wetlands and tributaries, a move drawn from the 1989 Rapanos case. EPA and Army Corps officials argue many streams and wetlands lack clear protection, while critics like the Farm Bureau warn the rule could widen agency power over farm ditches and ponds.
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