The Europeans also began discussing the broad outlines of future leadership posts for the European Union, once a reforming charter known as the Lisbon Treaty is fully ratified.

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Among other reforms, the treaty outlines the powerful new post of president of the EU one of the subjects European leaders are talking about Thursday and Friday in Brussels.

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Senior U.S.and Russian negotiators are to convene in Moscow May 18th to begin arms control talks with the aim of having at least the outlines of a deal when President Obama meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Russian capital in July.

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