Employees of Czech center of national reference laboratories prepare samples of vegetables for molecular testing on EHEC bacteria (bacterium Escherichia coli.) in Brno June 1, 2011. Samples of vegetables imported from various countries are tested for E.Coli at the laboratory. REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLICAGRICULTURE DRINK TECH - Tags: AGRICULTURE HEALTH SCI TECH FOOD)AP – Russia on Thursday extended its ban on vegetable imports to all of the EU in a bid to prevent a deadly European bacterial outbreak that has left 17 people dead from spreading into the country.



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AP – President Barack Obama has condemned the rush hour bombings in the Moscow metro, offering his condolences to the Russian people.

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Russia eliminates 2 time zones (AP)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting on economic issues at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow March 10, 2010.  REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev/FilesAP – Russia’s president plotting the country had too much time on its hands, so on Sunday he eliminated two of its 11 time zones.


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This photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama discussing the START treaty, during a phone call with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Friday, March 26, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pete Souza, White House )AP – The U.S. and Russia sealed the initially major nuclear weapons treaty in nearly two decades Friday, agreeing to slash the former Cold War rivals’ warhead arsenals by nearly one-third and talking hopefully of eventually ridding a fearful world of nuclear arms altogether.


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President Barack Obama briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Friday, March 26, 2010, after phoning Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the new START treaty. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – Climaxing months of hard negotiations, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Friday to sharp cuts in the nuclear arsenals of both nations in the most comprehensive arms control treaty in two decades. “We have turned terms into proceedings,” Obama declared.


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