BELARUS RECALL: The Belarusian Foreign Ministry told the U.S. ambassador to leave the country and recalled its own ambassador from the U.S. over economic sanctions Washington imposed on the former Soviet republic last year. State Department spokesman Tom Casey told reporters that U.S. Ambassador Karen Stewart has not been formally expelled.
NEXT KOSOVO? The Russian-backed region of Abkhazia appealed to the world community to recognize it as independent from Georgia, citing Kosovo as a precedent. In a unanimous resolution, Abkhazia’s legislature called on the world community and the Russian parliament to recognize it as an independent nation.
THATCHER HOSPITALIZED: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was hospitalized in stable condition Saturday in London and was undergoing medical checks, authorities said. St. Thomas’ Hospital said the former leader, 82, was expected to spend the night in hospital for observation.
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