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Obama to set nuclear arms cut goal in Berlin speech President Barack Obama will unveil plans for a sharp reduction in nuclear warheads in a landmark speech at the Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday that comes 50 years after John F. Kennedy declared "Ich bin ein Berliner" in a defiant Cold War address
    Obama urges Russia to cut nuclear arms by up to third Published: 06/20/2013 01:06 US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Russia to agree strategic nuclear weapons cuts of up to a third and to also rein in strategic atomic arms, but got the cold shoulder from Moscow
    North Korea repeats offer for nuclear talks Published: 06/19/2013 21:30 The Beijing trip by First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan comes just days after North Korea offered talks with the United States to ease tension that spiked this year
    India, Nepal monsoon floods leave 160 dead Published: 06/19/2013 21:00 Thousands of pilgrims and tourists have already been evacuated after floods and landslides caused by early monsoon rains wrought devastation through India's Himalayan foothills
    Obama defends intelligence tactics in wary Berlin Published: 06/19/2013 20:30 Revelations that the US has a covert Internet surveillance program, codenamed Prism, have caused outrage in a country where memories of the eavesdropping East German Stasi secret police are still fresh
    China completes Internet, phone monitoring scheme for Tibet Published: 06/19/2013 17:53 China has completed a monitoring scheme in restive Tibet that requires all telephone and internet users to register under their real names, state media said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to crack down on what officials describe as rumours
    Obama to set nuclear arms cut goal in Berlin speech Published: 06/19/2013 16:37 President Barack Obama will unveil plans for a sharp reduction in nuclear warheads in a landmark speech at the Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday that comes 50 years after John F. Kennedy declared "Ich bin ein Berliner" in a defiant Cold War address
    Pentagon unveils plans for moving women into combat roles Published: 06/19/2013 16:29 A top U.S. military official declared "the days of Rambo are over" as the Pentagon unveiled its plans on Tuesday for integrating women into combat infantry positions
    UN's Ban meets China's Xi for talks Published: 06/19/2013 16:24 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Chinese president Xi Jinping for talks on Wednesday, with North Korea and Syria expected to dominate discussions
    Thousands evacuated after blasts at Russian arms depot Published: 06/19/2013 14:32 More than six thousand people were evacuated overnight in central Russia after a series of massive explosions at an arms depot blew out windows and sparked a fire
    Google asks US court to allow data query release Published: 06/19/2013 10:04 Google said Tuesday it asked a special US court handling national security investigations for permission to publish the number of government requests for data to the Internet giant
    Disabled woman, US child held captive with snakes Published: 06/19/2013 09:53 A mentally disabled woman and her daughter were forced to live in an Ohio basement with snakes and pitbulls and were treated like slaves for more than two years, US prosecutors said Tuesday

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