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Vladimir Putin can expect to face pressure from the leaders of Germany and France for a change of heart on Syria when he visits Berlin and Paris on Friday - but there's little sign that the Russian president is prepared to tighten the diplomatic screws on Bashar Assad.

The Versailles 3,200 relay team smiles after winning at the regional. By Rob Kiser Call Sports Editor The amazing high school running career of Tammy Berger will come to an end this weekend at the Division III state track and field meet.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with farmers as he visits cattle breeding farm Kotlyakovo in Bryansk region, 380 km southwest of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

An AN-30 military aircraft lies off the runway at the Czech air force base in Caslav, some 20 miles east of Prague, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.

A Russian military jet has malfunctioned while landing in the Czech Republic, injuring nearly two dozen people as it rolled off the runway.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An American woman who adopted a Russian boy and later sent him back to Moscow on a one-way flight has been ordered to pay $150,000 and cough up an additional $1,000 a month in child support.

The House on Friday passed a $642 billion defense bill that abandons the deficit-cutting agreement that President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans backed last summer.

Twenty-two Russian army paratroopers are in Colorado for two weeks of training with the 10th Special Forces Group at Fort Carson, a post outside Colorado Springs.

The Sukhoi Superjet-100 takes off from a Jakarta, Indonesia, airport on Wednesday before vanishing from radar screens.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is skipping a planned visit to the United States this month for an economic summit and a much-anticipated meeting with President Barack Obama , the White House announced Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had no trouble getting the Kremlin-controlled parliament to approve former President Dmitry Medvedev as his prime minister Tuesday, but he did not much like the startlingly critical questions Medvedev faced from lawmakers before the vote.

Vladimir Putin took the oath as Russia's president on Monday with a ringing appeal for unity at the start of a six-year term in which he faces growing dissent, economic problems and bitter political rivalries.