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WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s foreign minister says his government will reciprocate if Russia continues to bill for Poland’s diplomatic buildings. Grzegorz Schetyna spoke Wednesday after the Arbitration Court in St. Petersburg allowed bailiffs to evict Poland’s consulate there, saying Poland owes some $1 million in rent. The decision is seen …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – A governor says fighters from Central African Republic have kidnapped 16 people from a Cameroonian border town, including local politicians and clergy. Gov. Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua said Saturday that 30 heavily armed fighters seized a bus of people who were returning from a burial Thursday night. …

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian police officers charged into a televised government meeting Wednesday and detained two top officials on suspicion of extorting bribes. Police snapped handcuffs onto emergency services chief Serhiy Bochkovsky and his deputy and calmly marched the pair out of the Cabinet meeting. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said …