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Russia welcomes nuclear arms agreement

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In Prague, President Obama will sign a new strategic arms agreement with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. The new START deal commits the former Cold War foes to cut arsenals of deployed nuclear warheads by about 30 percent.

Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from Moscow on the changes which could be in store.

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