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In Moscow, the president looks to push right buttons in arms-reduction talks, but serious gaps remain.
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MOSCOW - President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will try to break a deadlock in talks to replace a vital nuclear arms control treaty when they meet here today, with U.S. missile defense plans and Russian demands for sharper cuts in launchers presenting the key obstacles.
Honduran soldiers kept a plane carrying Manuel Zelaya from landing. He said he would try again.
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing at the main Honduras airport yesterday because the runway was blocked by groups of soldiers with military vehicles, some of them lined up against a crowd of thousands outside. His Venezuelan pilot circled around the airport and then decided not to risk a crash.
WASHINGTON - Vice President Biden signaled that the Obama administration would not stand in the way if Israel chose to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, even as the top U.S. military officer said any attack on Iran would be destabilizing.
It seeks to defuse criticism, avoid "blood diamond" label.
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe has promised to withdraw its soldiers from diamond fields in the east, an official newspaper reported yesterday, a week after a rights group alleged the military was committing killings and abuses in the area.
WASHINGTON - One of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's potential presidential rivals said Sunday that her abrupt resignation wouldn't help her dodge scrutiny. Former President George W. Bush's chief political adviser said her strategy was, at best, unclear.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said yesterday that it had released a British-Greek journalist detained for two weeks during its postelection crackdown as opposition forces pressing their claims of fraud called for Parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgent attacks killed three British soldiers in the southern Afghanistan region where thousands of U.S. Marines pushed forward with the U.S. military's biggest anti-Taliban offensive since the hard-line Islamist regime was toppled.
The jet crashed last week, killing all but one of the 153 aboard. One body was found yesterday.
PARIS - A submarine scouring the Indian Ocean yesterday detected the signal beacons of the two black boxes from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed off the Comoros Islands, the French aviation agency said.
LOS ANGELES - Like a modern-day Willy Wonka tale, thousands of fans were receiving news yesterday that they were among the lucky few to win access to Michael Jackson's memorial service at Staples Center tomorrow.
BEIJING - Floods blocked roads in southern China, leaving about 300 teenagers stranded at a school with limited supplies of food and water, an official said yesterday, after days of heavy rain killed at least 15 people.
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