Russia criticizes EU allowing rebel arms

1: 10th suspect is held in UK soldier slaying

LONDON — British police arrested a 10th suspect Monday in connection with the vicious street killing of a soldier in London, an apparent Islamic extremist attack that has horrified the country and heightened racial tensions.

The 50-year-old man was detained in Welling, east of London, on suspicion of conspiring to murder 25year-old soldier Lee Rigby, Scotland Yard said.

The latest arrest came as more details trickled out about the background of Michael Adebolajo, 28, one of the two main British suspects in Wednesday’s slaying. He and Michael Adebowale, 22, were shot and wounded by police at the scene.

Rigby, an off-duty soldier who had served in Afghanistan, was run over by a vehicle and repeatedly attacked with meat cleavers Wednesday afternoon near his barracks in southeast London.

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BRUSSELS — Russia on Tuesday harshly criticized Europe’s decision to allow the arming of Syrian rebels, saying it undercuts international efforts to negotiate an end to the civil war.

The European Union decision, coupled with Russia’s renewed pledge to supply Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime with advanced missiles, could transform an already brutal civil war into an East-West proxy fight.

3: Tornadoes slam into Oklahoma City area

OKLAHOMA CITY — Tornadoes slammed Oklahoma City and its suburbs, trapping people in their vehicles as a storm swept down an interstate highway while commuters tried to beat it home.

At least nine people were killed in Friday’s storms, including a mother and her baby sucked out of their car as a twister tore its way along a packed Interstate 40 near El Reno, about 30 miles from Oklahoma City. More than 100 people were injured.

4: Study: ‘Crack baby’ scare overblown

CHICAGO — Research on teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s “crack baby” scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major longterm ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy.

Some studies have linked pregnant women’s cocaine use with children’s behavior difficulties, attention problems, anxiety and worse school performance. But the effects were mostly small and may have resulted from other factors including family problems or violence, parents’ continued drug use and poverty, the researchers said.

They reviewed 27 studies involving more than 5,000 11- to 17-yearolds whose mothers had used cocaine while pregnant. The studies all involved low-income, mostly black and urban families.