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Air raid sirens were heard in Mitrovica in northern Kosovo on Sunday afternoon, with reports by local media indicating that a large presence of emergency vehicles was seen throughout the area. The sirens were stopped after three hours, according to local reports. The sirens come as Kosovo officials prepared to require Serbians visiting Kosovo to replace their Serbian passports with a temporary ID while in the country and to require Serbian license plates in the country to be replaced with Kosovar license plates. The decision was made as a reciprocatory move to similar requirements already issued for Kosovars when they...

Israel conducted a rare airstrike on a military target inside Syria, foreign officials and Syrian state TV say, amid fears President Bashar al-Assad's regime is providing weapons to the Islamic militant group Hezbollah. A statement from the Syrian military read aloud on state TV confirmed the strike, saying the jets bombed a military research centre in the area of Jamraya, northwest of the capital, Damascus.

CNN's Kelly Arena reports that one man is being held by Maryland State Police at an airport in Frederick, MD. The police are waiting for federal authorities to arrive on the scene.The man is said to be the pilot of the small aircraft that triggered an evacuation of government buildings in downtown Washington when he reportedly violated restricted airspace.Frederick, MD. is located about an hour northwest of Washington, D.C. along the I-270 corridor.

Capital and WH being evacuated.."full running evac"

Israel's Sunday air strike on a Palestinian training camp inside Syria has created international headlines of the "Ariel Sharon sends loud message" variety. Supposedly, the Israeli prime minister, by ordering an attack on Syrian territory for the first time in 30 years, sent the Bashar Assad regime a signal: Stop sponsoring terrorists. But inside the Israeli military, many senior officers are scratching their heads over what they regard as an uncharacteristically gentle operation. "After the suicide attack in Haifa, Sharon reached out to the air force and asked to see its Syrian target bank," says an Israeli intelligence analyst familiar...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 73-year-old man who used an air raid siren to stun his wife into submission has had it confiscated by German police. "My wife never lets me get a word in edgeways," the man identified as Vladimir R. told Mannheim police. "So I crank up the siren and let it rip for a few minutes. It works every time. Afterwards, it's real quiet again." A police spokesman said neighbors had complained at the noise from the 220-volt rooftop device, believed to be an old-fashioned air raid siren. Rosina, Vladimir's wife of 32 years, said she sometimes had...

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