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U.S.: Arms Talks With Russia To Drag Into 2010

Dec. 23, 2009
Negotiations with Russia on a new arms treaty will extend into next year. The United States has confirmed that it will be unable to clinch a deal this year on a successor to their expired nuclear arms control agreement. A statement says the two sides hope to "finalize" the new treaty...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler