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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Obama speaks to Russia's Medvedev

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev addresses guests of a dinner hosted by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul as he stands in front of a relief of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev addresses guests of a dinner hosted by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul as he stands in front of a relief of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara May 12, 2010.

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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE | Thu May 13, 2010 12:46pm EDT

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama spoke to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday, the White House said.

White House spokesman Bill Burton had no details on the substance of the phone call but suggested it might have been related the Obama administration's effort to win Senate ratification of a new nuclear arms reduction treaty between Moscow and Washington.

(Reporting by Matt Spetalnick)
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Whys wrote:
I do wish the photo was captioned. What on Earth is Medvedev standing in front of?

May 15, 2010 2:48am EDT  --  Report as abuse
keyslammer wrote:
I know, I was thinking the same thing and then I happened to put my mouse over the picture and it automatically delivered the caption. It says:

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev addresses guests of a dinner hosted by his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul as he stands in front of a relief of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Strange looking huh? Looks like some kind of a death mask or something.

May 15, 2010 5:27am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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