Topic - Russia

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  PRY: If Iran already has the bomb, what then?

  A majority of Americans support a military strike to stop or slow Iran's nuclear weapons program. But that assumes Iran doesn't already have some.

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  Cold snap in Eastern Europe kills more than 600

  More than 600 people have died during a record-breaking cold snap in Eastern Europe, authorities said Wednesday, as officials in the Czech Republic blamed two massive car crashes on blinding snow.

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  U.S. weighing steep nuclear arms cuts

  he Obama administration is weighing options for sharp new cuts to the U.S. nuclear force, including a reduction of up to 80 percent in the number of deployed weapons, the Associated Press has learned.

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  U.S. plans new talks with North Korea

  The State Department said Monday that U.S. officials will engage in direct talks with North Korea later this month, signaling the first major development in the tense relations between the West and Pyongyang since the death of longtime North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il.

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  Chinese vice president flies to U.S. for get-acquainted visit

  China's vice president left Monday for a crucial get-acquainted visit to the United States before he takes over as leader of the world's most populous nation later this year, amid tensions over trade, currency and a sharpening competition for global influence.

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  Activists: Syrian rebels repel attack on town

  Syrian rebels repelled a push Monday by government tanks into a key central town held by forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime as the country's 11-month-old uprising looked increasingly like a nascent civil war.

• U.S. not ready to back U.N. peace force

  U.S. and Turkish officials condemned the mounting bloodshed in Syria on Monday but declined to endorse calls by the Arab League for the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to quell the violence.

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  Arab League seeks U.N. monitor

  The Arab League called Sunday for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest effort by the regional group to end the 11-month-old crisis that has killed more than 5,000 people.

• SANDERS: China's confusion about roles in the shifting world order

  Minxin Pei, the most original of current Sinologists, makes the point that authoritarian/totalitarian regimes inherently give priority to protecting regime leaders over the nation's long-term interests.

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  Arab League wants U.N. peacekeepers in Syria

  The Arab League will call Sunday for the U.N. Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria, the latest effort by the regional group to end the 11-month old crisis that has killed more than 5,000 people.

• Norwegians seek A-ha! moment in North Korean music

  It's not the face of North Korea the world is used to: five young musicians adding a playful twist to one of the most popular Western pop songs of the 1980s.

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  U.S. sweeps Roger Federer's Swiss team out of Davis Cup

  Given a supremely tough draw in the 2012 Davis Cup, the United States is off to an exhilarating start.

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  Syrian army general assassinated in Damascus

  Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus Saturday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March, the country's state-run news agency said.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: On Iran, Obama is playing the ostrich

  The Obama administration's Iran policy is similar to that of the proverbial ostrich with its head in the sand, hoping that the problem will go away ("On Obama's watch," Commentary, Tuesday).

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'It Was a Long Time Ago, And It Never Happened Anyway'

  Anyone who has paid heed to Russia in the two decades since the collapse of communism and the Soviet Union has come to realize that things have not worked out all that well. Those desiring better lives, seeking the freedoms enjoyed by other peoples of the world, threw off the shackles of an authoritarian state that routinely persecuted, imprisoned and murdered its citizens by the millions.

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