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They were mistakenly distributed to 283 primary schools over the past year. The book, entitled Little Red Riding Hood Eats the Wolf, is a collection of six short stories with explicit sexual references. One of the chapters tells the story of a sexual encounters between a teacher and a female pupil.

DAMASCUS, Syria - President Bashar Assad on Thursday inaugurated the first stage of a joint Syrian-Iranian auto factory, test-driving one of the new cars and declaring that the project will boost cooperation between the allies. ADVERTISEMENT With Iranian Vice President Parviz Davoodi on hand for the ceremony at the Syrian-Iranian Company for Manufacturing Cars, Assad called the project a testament of their "historic" cooperation. "Our political relations are rooted, old and excellent," he said. "This project comes in the framework of boosting economic cooperation between the two countries. ... We are proud of this project." Marketing of the car —...

As President George W. Bush joined the last daily press briefing in the White House press room, which will undergo a nine-month renovation, Bush took a moment to take some questions. At that time, a reporter shouted: "Mr. President, should Mel Gibson be forgiven?" The president laughed and looked into the audience to see who shouted the remark: "Sam Donaldson, is that you? I don't have to talk to you anymore, you're a has been." First, there was laughter, then silence. But, in the end, Bush did not respond to the former ABC News anchor's question. The president and first...