HELSINKI (Reuters) - Regional political leaders on Wednesday underlined their commitment to clean up the Baltic Sea, which has been polluted for decades and is set to become a major oil and gas thoroughfare in the coming years. "Today some of the richest and most environmentally conscious countries on earth live on the shores of one of the world's most ...

KIEV (Reuters) - Votes from the presidential election were being recounted in parts of Ukraine on Wednesday as defeated candidate Yulia Tymoshenko disputed the victory of opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich. Yanukovich called on his opponent to resign the premiership and said that while relations with Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union would be a priority for his government, Ukraine ...

Russia has been sent a clear message that its athletes have a problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, and its government is taking action to deal with it, the leader of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission said Tuesday. The comments by medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's top general said on Tuesday that differences over U.S. missile defense plans were directed against his country and were holding up an arms treaty with Washington, Russian news agencies reported. The White House denied missile defense was an obstacle and said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had not raised the program when he and U.S ...