Russia begins air strikes in Syria
(AGI) Rome, Sept 30 - The Russian military has begun carryingout air strikes in Syria, the U.S. administration hasconfirmed. The Russian parliament gave the go-ahead onWednesday morning, following a request from President VladimirPutin. This is the first time Russia has sent troops to fightoutside the country since its blitzkreig on Georgia in 2008.The Russian air force operations, of which the Pentagon wasgiven advance notice, will be carried out within a "specifictime frame" and "will not be allowed to continue indefinitely".Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov said he could not say, for