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"French anti-terror police on Thursday arrested three suspects they believe have "indirect" links to al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ......"

MOSCOW, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- UPI's Russia analyst Peter Lavelle engages experts Nicolai N. Petro, Donald Jensen, Vlad Sobell, Janusz Bugajski, Dale Herspring, Patrick Armstrong and Ira Straus concerning the impact of Ukraine's political crisis on the Kremlin's geopolitical interests in the region. UPI: It has been widely observed Russian President Vladimir Putin has experienced a tremendous public relations setback for his strong support of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine's presidential runoff election of Nov. 21. With each passing day, events in Ukraine favor opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko and the likelihood Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma will look for another regime candidate,...

<p>The New York Times' Sunday profile of accused dirty-bomb terrorist Jose Padilla reports, at age 14, he was involved in a fateful armed robbery. Padilla's accomplice fatally stabbed a Mexican immigrant, and Padilla kicked victim Elio Evangelista in the head "because he felt like it," records say.</p>