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When U.S. and Soviet leaders once met, high-stakes negotiations focused on reducing the threat of nuclear war. The language spoken, often in initials rather than words, differed greatly from today’s talks. ——— ABM Treaty: In 1972, President Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty that …

The U.S. surgeon general has a strong message for women who are pregnant or likely to become pregnant: Don’t drink alcohol. In an advisory issued on Monday, Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, warns that no amount of alcohol can be considered safe during pregnancy. “When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, …

NEW YORK – Investigators probing alleged corruption at the United Nations Oil-for-Food program are scrutinizing thousands of pages of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan‘s (search) documents, including e-mail and phone records, to determine whether he exerted influence in securing a contract for a Swiss company that employed his son. Paul Volcker …