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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chief federal prosecutor says he's opened an investigation into the alleged monitoring of Chancellor Angela Merkel's (AHN'-geh-lah MEHR'-kuhlz) cell phone by the U.S. National Security Agency. The prosecutor has been mulling for months whether to open a formal probe of the allegations, which cooled relations between Berlin and Washington.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The top NATO commander says the Russian threat in the Ukraine region means the alliance needs to consider a long-term troop deployment. U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove says the remaining Russian troops on the Ukraine border look like they intend to stay there, while rebel forces inside Ukraine continue to destabilize the Kiev government.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is gone but not forgotten as the G-7 leaders meet over dinner today. Russia's actions in Ukraine got him disinvited and the meeting was switched out of Russia, but Putin is still expected to dominate the agenda. Before Putin's annexation of the Crimea, Russia had been a member of the group then known as the G-8. The G-7 members have differing positions on Russia.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Defense Department spokesman says there's no reason to think a Taliban video of the transfer of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan is anything but genuine, though the recording is being reviewed. A statement accompanying the video characterizes the swap for five Taliban officials as a significant achievement. The Taliban officials held at Guantanamo were flown to Qatar (GUH'-tur).
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A court appearance is scheduled today for a 17-year-old in Connecticut charged in the fatal stabbing of a fellow student on prom day. The hearing will determine if there's enough evidence to prosecute Christopher Plaskon. He's charged with murder in the death of Maren Sanchez and police are investigating whether it was related to Sanchez's refusal to be Plaskon's date.
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