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US celebrates Independence Day »

From AFP Global Edition  |  2009-07-04 21:00:21

Americans across the United States celebrated their national holiday on Saturday, commemorating the 233 years since the Declaration of Independence with barbecues, live music and lots of fireworks. The New York Times devoted its back cover to a full page reprint of the declaration, while the nation's capital prepared to receive hundreds of thousands of visitors for an annual concert and fireworks show. Flags everywhere -- flown over storefronts, on lawns, on shirts, hats, but also painted on cheeks and fingernails, and later lighting up the sky -- greeted sightseers and ...

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Curious Russia prepares to welcome Obama »

From AFP Global Edition  |  2009-07-04 21:00:20

Russia was Saturday preparing to welcome Barack Obama for the first time as US president, heartened by his description of the country as an equal but also stunned by criticism of Vladimir Putin. Obama arrives in Russia on Monday on a visit to mend ties frayed by a series of disputes. He is set to sign a deal on the transit of US military goods to Afghanistan and a framework on replacing a key Cold War-era weapons treaty. The US president is due to have several hours of talks with ...

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