Obama battles over nuke treaty

President Barack Obama will meet his Russian counterpart this weekend with his "reset" of ties with Moscow in peril, as he battles Republicans over a landmark nuclear treaty. Obama, just back from rough G20 meetings in Asia, was travelling to a delicate NATO summit in Portugal Thursday, leaving domestic foes, emboldened by a mid-term election triumph, apparently smelling blood over his foreign policy.

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Brazil, Zambia strengthen ties

Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) and Rupiah Banda (Zambia) expressed willingness to join hands to strengthen bilateral and multilateral relations between the two nations.

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Anti-UN cholera riots spread:

Violence reaches Haiti capital

Hundreds of Haitians clashed with UN troops they blamed for a worsening cholera outbreak, as pre-election violence spread to the capital Thursday after days of deadly rioting in the north.

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