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(CBS News) LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted that “some people want to use militants from al Qaeda… to accomplish their goals in Syria.” In a loosely veiled dig at the U.S. support for Syria’s opposition, Putin argued, “in that case, one should unlock Guantanamo, arm all of its inmates and bring them to Syria to do the fighting.” Putin was playing directly to his home crowd in the interview aired Thursday on Russian television. More in After the Arab Spring Old-school Russians love it when their president talks tough – especially to their old Cold War enemy. To them, Putin’s “some people” was a clear reference to Washington, and his reference to Guantanamo and – by extension – the costly invasion of Iraq, was a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Russia’s President didn’t say it in so many words, but he implied that America, the West, and their allies in the Middle East are backing violent Islamic extremists in Syria to bring down Bashar Assad in a policy blunder that’s bound to fail. There is a grain of truth here. Some al Qaeda fighters, or 포커 게임 종류 at least some militants claiming to be al Qaeda, have joined the armed Syrian rebel groups on the ground, and at least some of those men would be eager to establish a fundamentalist Islamic state in Syria after Assad. Is...

(CBS/AP) – Filmmaker Sofia Coppola tied the knot with her longtime rocker boyfriend, Thomas Mars, in southern Italy on Saturday. The couple said “I do” in an early evening ceremony at Coppola’s family’s villa in the remote, southern Italian town of Bernalda, where her great-grandfather was born. Pictures: Celebrity weddings and engagements  The bride, 40, was escorted down the aisle by her famous filmmaker father, Francis Ford Coppola, to a waiting Mars, lead singer of the French band Phoenix and the father of their two young daughters, Romy, 4, and Cosima, 15 months. The town’s mayor, Leonardo Chiruzzi, 축구 토토 performed the ceremony, which was reportedly attended by 80 people. “Everything went well,” Chiruzzi told The Associated Press afterwards. “It was simple, calm, in the garden.” Coppola wore a sheer, lavender tulle dress by Azzedine Alaia, while Mars donned a gray suit with a flower in the lapel. After the service, the newlyweds and the father of the bride, wearing a white linen suit and pink shirt, popped out of the palazzo briefly to greet onlookers. She was holding a glass of bubbly. Guests reportedly included director George Lucas, Johnny Depp and Talia Shire, the bride’s aunt, who is best known for her roles in her brother’s “The Godfather” films and as Sylvester Stallone’s girlfriend Adrian in “Rocky.” A dinner was planned to be followed by cake, made to serve about...

(AP) MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin says Russia can work with Mitt Romney if he’s elected U.S. president, even though Romney has called Russia the United States’ “No. 1 geopolitical foe.” In an interview broadcast Thursday by the Kremlin-funded Russia Today TV channel, Putin made his first direct comments about the Republican challenger to President Barack Obama. Romney keeps up strong rhetoric on Russia “We’ll work with whichever president is elected by the American people. But our effort will be only as efficient as our partners will want it to be,” Putin said. Putin expressed concern about how a Romney presidency would affect the long-running dispute over U.S.-led NATO plans to place elements of a missile-defense system in Europe. Russia contends the system could undermine its own defenses. Putin said if Romney is elected “the missile defense system will definitely be directed against Russia.” The wide-ranging interview showed Putin’s acerbic and combative side, particularly on the issue of the two-year prison sentence imposed last month on three members of the provocateur band Pussy Riot for their “punk prayer” prank in Moscow’s main cathedral entreating the Virgin Mary to save Russia from Putin. Their conviction brought widespread criticism of Russia for stifling opposition and 카지노게임 free speech. Putin briefly sparred with the English-speaking interviewer over how the band’s name could be translated into Russian, saying “I think you wouldn’t do...

(AP) BEIRUT — Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah will transform the lives of Israelis to “hell” if Israel attacks Lebanon, its leader said on Friday, adding that the group would not hesitate to hit targets that would leave tens of thousands of Israelis dead. Speaking in a televised speech marking Jerusalem Day – an annual rally in support of the Palestinians – Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said only a few rockets fired by the group’s militia could cause massive casualties, 진도콜걸 given its well-planned target list. “Rockets are ready and directed at these targets,” he said. “We will not hesitate to use them, if we have to, at any point in time in the course of aggression against our country to protect our people,” he added. “Hezbollah cannot destroy Israel but we can transform the lives of millions of Zionists in occupied Palestine into a real hell,” the black-turbaned Nasrallah said. “We can change the face of Israel.” Israel braces for “heavy casualties” if it strikes Iran, sees month-long warSyria tensions spill over border to LebanonWatch: Ex-elite Iranian troop warns of global attacks The threat came as Israel is undergoing an increasingly public debate on whether to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, possibly triggering retaliation from Tehran’s allies such as Hezbollah. Israel considers Iran to be its most dangerous enemy and has vowed to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons. Nasrallah...