U.S. puts Russia on notice in first report on WTO compliance WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, in first report on Russia's compliance with its World Trade Organization commitments, said on Wednesday it was closely watching Moscow for any violations that thwart U.S. exports to world's sixth-largest economy. But in the report required by Congress, the U.S. Trade Representative's office did not announce...... Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions BERLIN (AP) ? Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." Russia says U.S. missile defense a big barrier to nuclear cuts ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A senior Russian official said on Wednesday that the U.S. deployment of anti-missile shields was a huge hurdle to any further cuts in the offensive nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War foes, because of concerns the interceptors could shoot down Russian missiles. "How can we take the idea of strategic nuclear wea...... Todashev's body brought to Russia for burial GROZNY, Russia (AP) ? The father of a Russian man killed while being questioned about ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he has brought the body to Russia for burial. Obama renews call for nuclear reductions
Putin criticizes U.S. over missile defenses
Syria troops fight rebels near Shiite shrine
North Korea repeats offer for nuclear talks
AP PHOTOS: 3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo
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By Jeff Mason and Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans Washington was not spying on the emails of ordinary citizens and promising to step up efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. On the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's famou......
BERLIN (AP) ? President Barack Obama is calling for a one-third reduction of the U.S. and Russia's nuclear stockpiles.
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed concern about U.S. missile defenses and high-precision weapons on Wednesday, before a speech in which Barack Obama was expected to call for nuclear arms cuts. "High-precision conventional weapons systems are being actively developed ... States possessing such weapons ......
BEIRUT (AP) ? Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite Muslim shrine, in an attempt to secure the area surrounding the revered site, activists said.
By Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - A top North Korean diplomat repeated an offer for international talks over his country's disputed nuclear program during a meeting in China on Wednesday, saying the denuclearization of the peninsula was the "dying wish" of North Korea's founder. The Beijing trip by First V......
The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal ? the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.
