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US Secretary of State John Kerry meets his Russian counterpart on Sunday hoping to ease global tensions over the Kremlin's annexation of Crimea and sudden buildup of troops near Ukraine. The latest attempt to resolve the worst East-West standoff in the post-Cold War era follows a sudden call placed by Vladimir Putin on Friday to US President Barack Obama -- the first by the Russian leader since he sent troops into Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula in response to the February 22 fall in Kiev of a pro-Kremlin regime. Obama had spent the prior week touring Europe in a bid to reassure jittery allies of Washington's firm resolve to dampen Putin's expansionist passions with the threat of punishing economic sanctions and the reinforcement of NATO forces along Russia's western flank.Read more...