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Russian Parliament Approves New Arms Control Treaty With US
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsThe upper house of Russia's Parliament today approved the START nuclear arms control treaty at the heart of a new thaw in post-Cold-War relations between Moscow and Washington. The treaty, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev back in April, requires both countries to cut their arsenals of nuclear warheads to 1,550 each within seven years, according to a White House memo. The U.S. Senate approved the treaty in December, and Russia's lower house, the Duma, approved it Tuesday. Today's vote by the Federation Council marks the final step in the ...
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Obama to World: We're Back and Ready to Ratify
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIn Russia and Italy this week, President Obama is taking steps on nuclear weapons and climate change that are in line with his pledge to rebuild U.S. alliances around the world. It's a window on what we could see in the next four to eight years: The birth of new treaties and the revival of old ones that have long been stalled, some for decades. ...
LOST at Sea Treaty
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyDuring a chat several years ago with my German housemate at the time, we happened upon the subject of Germany and the European Union. In discussing an EU law which Germany disfavored, I asked why the Germans didn't simply reject the law. My good friend shook his head and made various justifications for German compliance. In frustration, I asserted, "You are still a sovereign nation, aren't you?" He replied, "No." Sovereignty is a precious and precarious treasure, and it can be lost not only through conquest, but also through consent. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has just voted in ...
Texas Challenges Bush Order at Supreme Court
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in the case of Medellin v. Texas. Jose Ernesto Medellin is a convicted murderer on Texas' death row. He was found guilty in the gang rape and slayings of two teenage girls in 1993. But the details of his conviction were not the subject of oral arguments before the high court. At issue is whether the president can order state courts to comply with international treaties. An international criminal court ruled in 2003 that the United States was in violation of its treaty obligations in not allowing foreign nationals access to diplomats from their countries ...
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