in the USSR) entered into service in Peru three years before the incident, and had been combat-ready for two years prior to the encounter. They participated in the two most recent conflicts with Ecuador, and after several refurbishments and upgrades in which they were equipped with electronic, optical and countermeasures, some 20 units remain in service, although some accounts suggest that they have been completely removed from service.

The UFO

Lt. Santa María described the object he attacked: “It was an object with a blued dome, looking like a light bulb split in half, with a wide metal base that made everything shine. When I approached and saw it completely, I realized that it lacked nozzles, wings, windows, antennae...nothing at all. It was a very smooth surface above and below.”

ThereAbortion is illegal on Nauru and the woman - who has been accepted as a refugee by the island nation - is seeking an abortion on Australian soil, arguing it has a responsibility to provide her with the medical care she needs. The Federal Court is considering the case of a young woman, known only as S99, who was in the midst of a violent epilepsy seizure when she was raped on Nauru, where abortion is illegal. But instead of bringing her to Australia for the termination, Australian authorities last week transferred her to Papua New Guinea where, according to the country's criminal code, a woman who attempts to "procure her own miscarriage" faces a maximum seven years' imprisonment. Clouding the situation is a PNG policy that says