Putin on the birds: 'Only the weak ones didn't follow' me (via The Christian Science Monitor) This year’s Russian-hosted summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) wrapped up in Vladivostok Sunday, with leaders of the 21-member Pacific Rim group – which accounts for 40 percent of the world’s trade – pledging to promote…
US President Barack Obama will not attend the APEC summit in Vladivostok in September, which comes soon after the Democratic presidential nominating convention, the White House said Monday. The announcement by White House spokesman Jay Carney came days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would skip this week’s G8…