Russian and U.S. nuclear negotiators have completed a joint statement on the framework for a new arms control agreement to replace the 1991 START I agreement which expires December 5.
U.S., Russia ready to set new nuclear arms limits
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Trying Times for Russia’s Nesting Dolls
Under the white walls and blue-and-gold cupolas of the Sergiyev Posad monastery, the row of vendors selling nesting dolls and other traditional Russian handicrafts is noticeably shorter this summer. Usually the cheap folding tables, set up in a double row outside the spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church, are surrounded by tourists snapping up the iconic egg-shaped souvenirs, made of smaller and smaller wooden dolls hidden one within the other. But on a recent Thursday afternoon, there were only about a dozen people looking to buy
Medvedev: Former oil magnate must admit guilt
Any attempt to pardon Mikhail Khodorkovsky — once Russia’s richest man, now its most famous inmate — must follow standard procedure, including an admission of guilt, the nation’s president said Sunday. “Concerning the possibility of a pardon for someone, Khodorkovsky or anyone else, the procedure has to be carried out in accordance with our country’s rules,” President Dmitry Medvedev said in a transcript on his Web site
Director Sydney Pollack Dies
The last time I saw Sydney Pollack he was doing me a gallant favor. He had become, in recent years, my narrator of choice for the documentaries I produce and write. He had done the voice-over for one of them in the summer of 2007.
Beaten Back, Iran’s Opposition Looks To Reform From Within
Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi lashed out defiantly at Monday’s certification, following a partial recount initiated by the clerical body that oversees Iran’s elections, of the June 12 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “From now on we will have a government..
Judge Kozinski admonished for explicit items on Web site
A judicial council on Thursday admonished the chief judge of the nation’s largest federal appeals court for having "sexually explicit photos and videos" on his personal Web site, but decided against any further punishment. Judge Alex Kozinski, 58, of the San Francisco, California-based 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals previously apologized and had recommended an investigation because of the public controversy over the material
Obama awards WWII-era women pilots congressional medal
President Obama on Wednesday signed a measure awarding the 300 surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots from World War II the Congressional Gold Medal. The bill passed by both chambers of Congress bestows one of the nation’s highest civilian honors on the group known as WASPs more than 60 years after they were the first women to fly U.S.
Israel navy intercepts boat with ex-U.S. Rep. McKinney
The Israeli navy took control of a boat reported to be carrying humanitarian aid, a former U.S. congresswoman and a Nobel laureate Tuesday after the boat violated an Israeli blockade and crossed into Gazan waters, the Israel Defense Forces said. The boat’s crew included former U.S
Drug analysis a multistep process
Unlike television crime shows in which machines can instantly spit out results, toxicology testing to determine what drugs are in a person’s body can be a long and painstaking process. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office estimates that toxicology tests on the body of Michael Jackson could take six to eight weeks. The results are needed to determine the singer’s cause of death, a spokesman for the coroner said
The Story of Barack Obama’s Mother
Each of us lives a life of contradictory truths. We are not one thing or another