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(AP) ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey warned Tuesday that any Syrian military unit approaching its border will be treated as a direct threat, a serious escalation in tensions days after Syria shot a Turkish military plane out of the sky. Turkey’s NATO allies expressed solidarity with Ankara and condemned the Syrian attack but made no mention of any retaliatory action against Syria. “The rules of engagement of the Turkish Armed Forces have changed,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised speech. “Any military element that approaches the Turkish border from Syria and poses a security risk and danger will be regarded as a threat and treated as a military target.” “No one should be deceived by our cool-headed stance,” Erdogan added. “Our acting with common sense should not be perceived as a weakness.” Special Section: The Arab SpringCondoleezza Rice calls on U.S. to arm Syria rebelsActivists: Fierce clashes on Assad’s doorstep Syria insists the Turkish military plane violated its air space on Friday. Turkey says although the RF-4E reconnaissance jet had unintentionally strayed into Syria’s air space, it was inside international airspace when it was brought down over the Mediterranean by Syria. Its two pilots are still missing. The head of the NATO military alliance called the downing of the jet unacceptable Tuesday after Turkey briefed NATO’s North Atlantic Council on the incident. The talks were held under...

Privilege doesn’t necessarily offer protection from drug addiction, new research suggests. Teens at elite U.S. high schools seem to face a higher risk of addiction as young adults, the study found. “We found alarmingly high rates of substance abuse among young adults who we initially studied as teenagers,” said study author Suniya Luthar, a professor of psychology at Arizona State University. “Results showed that among both men and women and across annual assessments, these young adults had substantial elevations, relative to national norms, in frequency of several indicators — drinking to intoxication and of using marijuana, stimulants such as Adderall, cocaine, and club drugs such as ecstasy,” she said in a university news release. The study included more than 500 students from affluent communities in the Northeast. They were assessed when they were high school seniors, then each year for four college years, and from ages 23 to 27. “We found rates of addiction to drugs or alcohol among 19 to 24 percent of women in the older cohort by the age of 26, and 23 to 40 percent among men. These rates were three and two times as high respectively, as compared to national norms,” Luthar said. In the younger group, rates of addiction for women were between 11 and 영주출장마사지 16 percent by 22 years old. That’s close to national norms, according to the researchers. But for...

DALVAY-BY-THE-SEA, Prince Edward Island — Prince William enjoyed showing off his military helicopter training with his first-ever water landing Monday to the delight of anxious crowds in Canada, where he and his wife, Kate, have been on their first official overseas trip since their wedding. The Duke of Cambridge climbed into the cockpit of a Sea King helicopter for the military training exercise at Dalvay by-the-Sea, a scenic resort along Prince Edward Island’s north shore. Prince William, a Royal Air Force rescue helicopter pilot, requested the simulated emergency landing procedure. Dressed in an olive flight suit and helmet, the prince settled the large helicopter on the water several times. From the water, William piloted several take-offs and hovered in the air before executing dual- and single-engine landings before taxiing around as Kate watched from the ground. “He was looking for his wife on the shoreline at one point,” said Col. Sam Michaud, 42, who trained William. “She was waving back about 100 feet away.” Pictures: William and Kate on Prince Edward IslandWilliam, Kate baby rumors starting already Michaud said William is now fully trained. He said William remarked that the “boys back at his squadron would be absolutely jealous.” Canada is the only country that trains its Sea King helicopter pilots to do a controlled landing on water if there’s an emergency. The exercise William performed Monday is known...

(CBS/AP) JOHANNESBURG – A new Nelson Mandela book featuring more than 2,000 quotations from the anti-apartheid icon was released Monday. The release of “Nelson Mandela by Himself” comes days after U.S. first lady Michelle Obama got an advance copy signed by Mandela when she met him during a visit to South Africa. Editors Sello Hatang and Sahm Venter work for Mandela’s foundation, which oversees charity and development work on his behalf and houses some of his archives. Hatang and Venter say the Nelson Mandela Foundation receives thousands of requests from researchers and others to confirm the accuracy of Mandela’s quotes. The book is, in part, an attempt to settle such questions in one place. The editors turned to speeches, notebook entries, recorded conversations and other material, some until now unpublished, for the book. Hatang and Venter say in their introduction: “We can all honor Nelson Mandela by quoting him correctly and accurately.” The apartheid government once declared it illegal to quote Mandela. He is now, according to Hatang and Venter, among the most quoted people in the world. But they say he often is misquoted. For a book that would slip easily into a jacket pocket, “Nelson Mandela by Himself” has a daunting table of contents. There are 317 subject headings, from accountability to Zionism. “Prison” is divided into a further 26 headings – one short of the 27 years Mandela...