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President Barack Obama on Wednesday announceda reform of U.S. policies for dealing withkidnappers. Mr. Obama said the U.S. will use "allinstruments of national power" to recover Americansheld by terrorists in other countries.
The president also said the government could andwould "assist private efforts to communicate withhostage-takers."
The United States' policy bars paying ransoms.However, Mr. Obama said the government will nolonger threaten legal action against families who choose to pay ransom to win their relatives'release.
Obama reassures France after ‘unacceptable' spying
U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States remains firm about endingspying tactics considered "unacceptable" by its allies.
Mr. Obama made the comment to French President Francois Hollande. On Tuesday, the websiteWikiLeaks released documents that it said show the U.S. National Security Agency spied onFrench presidents from 2006 to 2012.
Obama administration officials said the president told Mr. Hollande that the U.S. has and wouldcontinue to honor its 2013 promise not to "target the communications" of the French leader.
President Hollande held an emergency meeting of his ministers and army commanders after therelease of the WikiLeaks documents. France is also sending a top intelligence official toWashington to confirm the spying is over, a government spokesman said.
Ukraine talks show little progress
Overnight talks about the Ukraine conflict ended late in Paris with little sign of progress.
Foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia, and Ukraine restated their support for thecease-fire plan agreed to in February at meetings in Minsk, Belarus.
However, continued fighting between Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces may affect thedeal.
The Minsk deal calls for a truce and heavy weapons withdrawal. After, rebel-held areas are toget more autonomy and hold elections under Ukrainian law.
Boston marathon bomber apologizes
Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized in court Wednesday for his deadly attack on the 2013Boston Marathon.
"I am sorry for the lives I have taken, for the suffering that I have caused you, for the damage Ihave done, irreparable damage," he said. The court in Boston, Massachusetts was holding ahearing to officially sentence the 21-year-old to death.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 in the April 15, 2013, bombing at the Boston Marathon. He was also found guilty of killing a police officer threedays later.
Earlier Wednesday, he listened as many bombing victims and their loved ones spoke to himabout his "cowardly" and "disgusting" acts.
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