Obama Challenges Russia to Think Beyond Cold War

September 24th, 2009 Medvedev: Russia may support sanctions on IranPITTSBURGH — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) says Russia would support new sanctions against Iran if diplomatic efforts fail. Medvedev had opened the door to backing potential sanctions Wednesday following a meeting with President Barack Obama in New York.

September 24th, 2009 Medvedev says Russia may support sanctions on IranPITTSBURGH — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia would support new sanctions against Iran if diplomatic efforts should fail. Speaking to university students in Pittsburgh, where leaders of the world's largest economies have gathered for a two-day summit, Medvedev offered clarification of remarks this week that had opened the door to Russia potentially backing sanctions.

July 17th, 2009 Poland's leaders back appeal to Obama over RussiaWARSAW, Poland — Poland's prime minister and president say they back an appeal by former Eastern European leaders to President Barack Obama urging him not to overlook them as he pursues better ties with Russia. Thursday's appeal came in a letter signed by a group of 22 prominent leaders including former presidents Lech Walesa of Poland and Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic.

July 7th, 2009 Obama: US, Russia share burden of reducing nukesMOSCOW — President Barack Obama says the United States and Russia must be united in resisting North Korea's attempt to become a nuclear power and Iran's effort to get a nuclear weapon. He declared in a speech to Russian college students that both Washington and Moscow have an obligation to put an end to nuclear proliferation and to seek a nuclear-free world.

July 6th, 2009 Medvedev: We must cooperate against nuclear spreadMOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia and the U.S. must work closely together to stop the spread of nuclear weapons in volatile regions including the Middle East.

July 6th, 2009 Medvedev calls summit 'important first step'MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the summit with President Barack Obama is a "first but very important step" toward revitalizing relations between Russia and the United States. Medvedev says better relations would benefit both countries and also the rest of the world.

July 2nd, 2009 Obama says Putin lives partly in pastWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is describing Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as someone who still has "one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new." He says one reason he's meeting with Putin — as well as with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) — during his upcoming visit to Moscow is that he wants Putin to know that "the old Cold War approaches" to relations with the United States are "outdated." Obama says Putin "still has sway" in Russia. He also says the U.S.

June 24th, 2009 Obama wants to trim complex college aid formWASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to simplify the federal college aid form, which at 153 questions drives millions of families to give up before they finish it. President Barack Obama wants to make the form much more user-friendly as part of a sweeping plan to put higher education within reach of more students.

May 13th, 2009 Clinton coaxes students to engage in world affairsNEW YORK — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged college graduates on Wednesday to resist the temptation to disengage from world affairs, saying to do so would "cede the field to those whose ideologies are absolutely anathema to people of conscience and faith all over the world." Delivering New York University's commencement address, Clinton acknowledged the turbulent national and global environment that graduates face, but said their education, energy and facility with new technology would help them navigate and improve the world. She cited the perils of climate change, disease and global nuclear proliferation and warned the audience to take those challenges seriously.

April 30th, 2009 LAHORE - Apparently bowing to terror threats, a prominent women's college here known for its progressive outlook has barred its students from wearing jeans and other figure-hugging outfits but the institution says it is only going by the rules. 'The Kinnaird College administration has banned the students from wearing jeans or other tight dresses in the wake of possible terrorist threats,' Daily Times said Thursday.

April 9th, 2009 SHIMLA - At least 30 students of a college in Rajasthan's Jodhpur town were injured when the bus in which they were travelling rolled down a 20-foot deep gorge near the Himachal Pradesh capital Thursday, the police said. 'At least 30 girls of a Jodhpur college were injured when their bus fell into a gorge near Woodrina Hotel at Dhali near here this (Thursday) evening,' Shimla superintendent of police R.M.

January 23rd, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A teenager was killed after two groups of students fired at each other in a college at Sahibabad Saturday, a police officer said. The incident took place around 12.30 p.m.

January 12th, 2009 RAIPUR - At least 14 students of a Chhattisgarh college were arrested here Tuesday for assaulting their juniors, the police said. The students of Government Science College were suspended Saturday by the college authorities, a day after the police registered a case against them for ragging their juniors at a hostel.

January 9th, 2009 RAIPUR - Fourteen students at a college in the city were Saturday suspended by the authorities, a day after the police registered a case against them for ragging their juniors throughout the night. Government Science College principal Geeta Tiwari called a meeting of the college's anti-ragging committee, which decided to suspend the 14 students, who are on the run since they slapped 14 juniors about 90 times one by one in the institute's Shastri hostel Wednesday night.

January 8th, 2009 RAIPUR - At least 14 students are on the run in Chhattisgarh after they were accused of ragging their juniors at the hostel of a college here, police said Friday. Fourteen B.Sc first year students of Government Science College were slapped about 90 times one by one in the institute's Shastri hostel room late Wednesday night.