Foreign Policy Photos Politics Russia US | What the Russians Want
| NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - Despite all the promises about a "reset" in the U.S.-Russia relationship, the Obama administration still seems to be following a script crafted by its predecessor. | Washingt... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service ) The New York Times
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 Biologists hope to give Columbia River predator birds other nesting options
| A Caspian tern catching five juvenile salmon or steelhead for itself and a chick each day can take 150 fish a month from the Columbia River. | Make that 300 nesting pairs of birds at Crescent Island... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) The News Tribune
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 16 UN deminers kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan
| KABUL -- Gunmen abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial police chief said Sunday. | The men were kidnapped as they traveled between Pa... (photo: AP / Filip Horvat) The Miami Herald
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 Taliban kill two US soldiers in attack on base
| Two American soldiers died after militants attacked a coalition base in eastern , exploding a truck outside the gates and sparking a two-hour gun battle. | US forces ca... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) The Observer
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 Mikheil Saakashvili: Georgia on his mind, Moscow on his back
| It's the watch that bothers me. Everything else is presidential - the pressed shirt and sharp tie; the aides tiptoeing in with overflowing bowls of cherries and mulberr... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsk) The Independent
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 Russia to grant U.S. Afghan supply route - sources
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will grant President Barack Obama permission next week to ship U.S. weapons supplies across its territory, or through its airspace, en route t... (photo: USMC / Chief Warrant Officer 3 Philippe E. Chasse) The Star
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 Oasis amidst war, Afghan valley looks to tourism
| BAMIYAN, Afghanistan—There's a new building in town, and it isn't a military barracks or a hospital. It's a Tourist Information Center. | Even as troops fight mil... (photo: AP) Denver Post
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