By Steven Lee Myers International Herald Tribune MOSCOW: The good news about President Vladimir Putin’s acerbic assault on American foreign policy in Munich last weekend is that the bad old days of global ideological confrontation will probably remain in the dustbin of history. The bad news is that Cold War II could be just as […]
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By Brian Knowlton International Herald Tribune George W. Bush, departing from his primary focus on Iraq to devote a major speech to Afghanistan, said the allies need to send more troops and equipment to help the Afghan government battle Taliban and Qaeda fighters…more
By Mark Magnier Los Angeles Times The six-nation deal apparently calls for a halt to Pyongyang’s plutonium production in return for energy assistance…more
By C.J. Chivers International Herald Tribune Russia’s defense minister, Sergei Ivanov, told an international audience at a conference in Munich that Moscow’s forces had “solved” the problem of the separatist war in Chechnya…more